US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on April 22 for "Dual anchor pin and crack initiator system for a vehicle door" (Mexican, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,642, issued on April 22, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Dual anchor pin and crack initiator system for a vehicle door" was invented by Alan Denys Aldrete (Ecatepec de Morelos, Mexico), Javier Garfias (Sterling Heights, Mich.) and Marco Antonio Gil (Toluca, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle door includes an inner panel having an upper edge and a lower edge, a door trim panel having an upper edge portion and a lower edge portion, and an upper panel connected to the upper edge portion of the door trim panel. The upper panel includes an upper edge section and a lower edge section, and a crack...