ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,286, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).
"Cargo unloader for a vehicle" was invented by Paul W. Alexander (Ypsilanti, Mich.), Jesus Anthony Bernal (Farmington Hills, Mich.) and Eric James Bontrager (South Lyon, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tension-loaded drive mechanism ("mechanism") is provided for a cargo unloader. The drive mechanism includes a compressor for increasing the pressure of a fluid. The drive mechanism further includes multiple bladders fluidly connected to the compressor to receive the fluid from the compressor and expand in a rearward direction along a longitudi...