US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on April 29 for "Systems and methods for installing trim molding" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,178, issued on April 29, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Systems and methods for installing trim molding" was invented by Terebara Hughes (Warren, Mich.), Wuhua Yang (Superior Township, Mich.), William H. Gillespie IV (Grand Blanc, Mich.) and Miguel Arturo Saez (Clarkston, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tool configured for installing trim molding at an installation site. The tool includes: first coupling members configured to couple the trim molding to the tool; second coupling members configured to couple the tool to the installation site; and an actuator configured to move the trim molding off...