ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,660, issued on May 13, was assigned to Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Vehicle back door" was invented by Seiichirou Nagano (Kanagawa, Japan), Hiroyuki Fujiki (Kanagawa, Japan), Ryuji Norota (Kanagawa, Japan) and Takuya Tani (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle back door has a first cord-like member disposed in a door body formed of a resin panel member. The first cord-like member has a wire that is routed in the panel member, a first mounting member that fixes the wire to the panel member, a second mounting member that fixes the wire to the panel member, and a bracket that movably holds an intermediate...