ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,893, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to MAGNA CLOSURES INC. (Newmarket, Canada).

"Powered swing door actuator with swing linkage mechanisms" was invented by Li Wang (Newmarket, Canada), Jiagui Tan (Newmarket, Canada) and Yufei Lu (Newmarket, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powered actuator assembly for a closure member of a motor vehicle includes an electric actuator, a leadscrew extending along a leadscrew axis between opposite leadscrew ends, the leadscrew being configured in operable communication with the electric motor for rotation in opposite directions about the leadscrew axis in response to the electric motor being ...