US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on July 15 for "Method of fabricating console with grounded trim ring" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,441, issued on July 15, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Method of fabricating console with grounded trim ring" was invented by Stuart C. Salter (White Lake, Mich.), Paul Kenneth Dellock (Northville, Mich.), Richard Gall (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Satyanarayana Raju Vemulapati (Westland, Mich.) and James J. Surman (Clinton Township, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle console includes a trim ring disposed over a periphery of a housing. The trim ring includes a polymeric material and is electrically conductive and grounded. A proximity switch assembly is retained in the housing. The proximity switch...