ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,532, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to INALFA ROOF SYSTEMS GROUP B.V. (Oostrum, Netherlands).
"Pinch detection system" was invented by Dennie Wilhelmus Hendrikus Craane (Nijmegen, Netherlands) and Sergej Sergeevic Lojko (Lottum, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An open-roof assembly is configured for covering or at least partly uncovering an opening in a vehicle roof. The open-roof assembly comprises a frame defining the opening, a moveably arranged closure member and a pressure-sensitive sensor device. The open-roof assembly comprises a closed state, in which the closure member covers the opening in the vehicle roof, and an...