US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on June 17 for "Push-push latching mechanism including an impact load lock out feature for a vehicle access panel" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,557, issued on June 17, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Push-push latching mechanism including an impact load lock out feature for a vehicle access panel" was invented by Scott P. Grace (Beverly Hills, Mich.), Ronald G. Lahti (Rochester Hills, Mich.) and Rohit Praveenkumar Patil (Farmington, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A storage compartment for a vehicle includes a first surface fixedly mounted relative to the vehicle, a second surface moveably mounted relative to the first surface, and a latching mechanism including a first latch element mounted to one of the first surface and the second surf...