ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,840, issued on May 27, was assigned to Transportation IP Holdings LLC (Norwalk, Conn.).
"Door lock release mechanism" was invented by Andre Stojc (Ile Bizard, Canada) and Daniel Filion (Prevost, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle door lock release mechanism includes a plate assembly coupled with a vehicle, sliding plates that slide in opposite directions, an elastic member coupled with the plate assembly, and electromagnets coupled with the plate assembly. One electromagnet may be energized to prevent movement of a first sliding plate while a second sliding plate may move responsive to a release cable being pulled. The s...