US Patent Issued to GM CRUISE HOLDINGS on Oct. 21 for "Universal wheelchair securement device for wheelchair accessible autonomous vehicles" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,074, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to GM CRUISE HOLDINGS LLC (San Francisco).

"Universal wheelchair securement device for wheelchair accessible autonomous vehicles" was invented by Francois William Brahic (San Francisco), Vernon Lee Anderson (Sylmar, Calif.), Rajat Basu (Santa Clara, Calif.), Puneeth Doddagowdanakoppal Honnegowda (San Ramon, Calif.) and Jordan Christopher Gatti (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheelchair securement system for a vehicle is provided, comprising: a first wheelchair restraint comprising a latch configured to grasp an axle of a wheelchair; a second wheelchair restraint comprising a mechan...