US Patent Issued to MAGNA INTERNATIONAL on June 17 for "Modular individually operable vehicle door" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,565, issued on June 17, was assigned to MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC. (Aurora, Canada).

"Modular individually operable vehicle door" was invented by Gianfranco Gabbianelli (Birmingham, Mich.), Azhagu Subramanian (Troy, Mich.), Sathvik Srinivas (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Warren Young (Troy, Mich.) and Joel Stiverson (St. Clair Shores, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle door system includes doors with a door module attached to a hinge module, which is attached to the vehicle body. The door module includes a latch mechanism configured to engage a striker pin of the vehicle body, with a pawl that pivots to accommodate a misalignmen...