US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on June 3 for "Translatable assist handle for a vehicle" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,189, issued on June 3, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Translatable assist handle for a vehicle" was invented by David M. Hammelef (Novi, Mich.), Joshua Wargo (Milford, Mich.), Leone Cairine Tory (Scarborough, Canada) and Alexander Hall (Warren, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A translatable assist handle system for a vehicle includes a guide track having a first end, a second end, and an intermediate portion having a guide surface that extends around at least a portion of a vehicle opening between the first end and the second end. A translatable assist handle including a guide element is disposed ...