US Patent Issued to Nissan North America, Nissan Motor on Sept. 9 for "Reinforcements and support brackets for vehicle doors" (American, Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,711, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Nissan North America Inc. (Franklin, Tenn.) and Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Reinforcements and support brackets for vehicle doors" was invented by James Haupt (Livonia, Mich.), Richard Dryja (Canton, Mich.) and Masayuki Onodera (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle is disclosed that includes: a vehicle body defining a door frame; a vehicle door that is movably connected to the vehicle body; and an actuation system. The vehicle door includes: an inner panel that is secured to the door frame; an outer panel that is secured to the inner panel; a reinforcement tha...