US Patent Issued to MAGNA CLOSURES on May 13 for "Actuation system for a closure panel including a pop up safety system for hinges" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,783, issued on May 13, was assigned to MAGNA CLOSURES INC. (Newmarket, Canada).

"Actuation system for a closure panel including a pop up safety system for hinges" was invented by Dunia Sardelli (Leghorn, Italy) and Francesco Biasci (Stagno, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuation system for facilitating opening and closing of a closure panel of a vehicle via a hinge, the actuation system comprising: a pop up safety system mounted to a body of the vehicle adjacent to the hinge, the pop up safety system including a bracket connected to the closure panel; and a coupling mechanism coupling the hinge to the body in order to faci...