US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on Feb. 11 for "Door opening prevention system for motor vehicles" (Japanese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,221,815, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Door opening prevention system for motor vehicles" was invented by Takashi Fukahori (Saitama, Japan), Yuichiro Saiki (Wako, Japan), Khang C. Nguyen (Columbus, Ohio) and Hiroshi Shingu (Walled Lake, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for preventing sliding vehicle doors from opening during collisions is disclosed. The system includes at least one roller assembly of a sliding door connected to a guiderail on a vehicle body. The roller assembly includes a protruding member that interfaces with a protrusion engaging member attached to the vehicle body. Duri...