US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Dec. 2 for "Smart handlebar for utility vehicles" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,946, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Smart handlebar for utility vehicles" was invented by Noah Summers (Stouffville, Canada), Jarvis Chau (Markham, Canada) and Matthew Manko (Bowmanville, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A utility vehicle including a housing configured for storing goods therein during transport. A handlebar extends into a chassis sleeve defined by a chassis. The handlebar is slidably moveable forward and backward within the chassis sleeve. A sensor includes a flexible member having a first end mounted to the chassis sleeve and a second end mounted to the handleba...