ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,671, issued on May 13, was assigned to Magna Mirrors of America Inc. (Holland, Mich.).
"Vehicular door handle assembly" was invented by Connor G. Cervone (Byron Center, Mich.) and Justin E. Sobecki (Rockford, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular exterior door handle assembly includes a bracket configured to mount at a vehicular door, a handle portion mounted at the bracket, and a switch mechanism disposed at the handle portion that includes a trigger element movably disposed within a housing. The housing includes an inner portion and an outer portion. When a force is applied at the outer portion, the outer portion moves t...