ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,640, issued on April 22, was assigned to INTEVA PRODUCTS LLC (Troy, Mich.).

"Pivoting cursor for frameless glass in a vehicle" was invented by Geoffrey Barr (Troy, Mich.), Sadmira Beganovic (Macomb Township, Mich.) and Bruce Rokicki (Rochester Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pivoting cursor for a frameless window of a vehicle door, including: a main body portion; a pivoting plate pivotally secured to the main body portion for pivotal movement about an axis; a glass clamping plate; a seal; an adjusting screw for pivoting the pivoting plate with respect to the main body portion, the adjusting screw having a first threaded ...