ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,220, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC (San Francisco).
"Detection of a stuck vehicle door due to ice formation" was invented by Jeffrey Brandon (Phoenix).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for detecting and responding to stuck vehicle doors, where the doors are stuck due to ice formation on the vehicle. In particular, systems and methods are provided to utilize diagnostic signals from the vehicle door motor controller to automate the process of detecting stuck doors due to ice formation. Vehicle internal systems can be used to attempt to unstick a stuck door without manual intervention. Additio...