US Patent Issued to Magna Exteriors on Jan. 13 for "Overmold bracket with open mounting surface on bracket" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,058, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Magna Exteriors Inc. (Aurora, Canada).

"Overmold bracket with open mounting surface on bracket" was invented by Christopher J. Kuntze (Goodrich, Mich.), Stanislav Tichy (Troy, Mich.), Gari Schalte (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and Heiner Salzmann (Metamora, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liftgate (10) for a vehicle having at least one overmolding bracket (28) with at least one open mounting surface on the bracket for liftgate hardware attachments. In addition, overmolding the bracket (28) and maintaining at least one hole (26) for tether routing. The liftgate allows the overmolding of the brack...