US Patent Issued to MAGNA CLOSURES on June 24 for "Closure latch assembly with bi-directional power release mechanism" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,663, issued on June 24, was assigned to MAGNA CLOSURES INC. (Newmarket, Canada).

"Closure latch assembly with bi-directional power release mechanism" was invented by Francesco Cumbo (Pisa, Italy) and Luca Bigazzi (Ponsacco, 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 maintains the ratchet in the striker capture position, and a ratch...