US Patent Issued to Zoox on March 25 for "Passenger assist entry-exit assembly and vehicle with same" (British, American, Brazilian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,194, issued on March 25, was assigned to Zoox Inc. (Foster City, Calif.).

"Passenger assist entry-exit assembly and vehicle with same" was invented by Reginaldo Alves de Almeida (Sabara, Brazil), Fabricio Cesar Oda (Dublin, Calif.) and Anthony Earl (Witney, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle passenger assist entry-exit assembly may comprise a first panel, a second panel rotatably attached to the first panel, and a third panel rotatably attached to the second panel. The first, second and third panels may be coupled to a vehicle body and substantially linearly aligned when located under a floor of the vehicle's bod...