US Patent Issued to MAGNA CLOSURES on July 15 for "Closure latch assembly with power latch release mechanism having dual drive power release actuator and multi-stage gearset" (Canadian, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,476, issued on July 15, was assigned to MAGNA CLOSURES INC. (Newmarket, Canada).

"Closure latch assembly with power latch release mechanism having dual drive power release actuator and multi-stage gearset" was invented by Roman Cetnar (Newmarket, Canada) and Francesco Cumbo (Pisa, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power latch assembly for a vehicle door of a motor vehicle includes a ratchet configured for movement between striker capture and striker release positions, wherein the ratchet is biased toward the striker release position, and a pawl configured for movement between a ratchet holding position, whereat the pawl maintain...