ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,882, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Door assembly for motor vehicle" was invented by Rajesh K. Patel (Farmington, Mich.), Constantin Manolescu (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Floyd Anthony Harter (Saint Clair, Mich.), Laeth Zahed (Dearborn, Mich.), Tony Nguyen (Troy, Mich.) and Sara James (Commerce, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a door assembly for a motor vehicle, including: a door mounted relative to an opening in a body of the motor vehicle such that the door is moveable between a fully closed position and a fully ope...