ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,084, issued on July 1, was assigned to MAGNA CLOSURES INC. (Newmarket, Canada).

"Distributed control system for servo controlled powered door actuator" was invented by Jube Raymond Leonard (Barrie, Canada), Saikat Bose (Richmond Hill, Canada), Milos Pavlovic (Kleinburg, Canada), John G. Zeabari (Highland, Mich.) and Joshua M. Bernhardt (West Bloomfield, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator assembly of an actuation system for a closure member of a vehicle is provided. The actuator assembly includes an actuator housing including a sensor housing. The actuator assembly also includes an electric motor disposed in the actuator ...