US Patent Issued on May 19 for "Systems and methods for moving a vehicle tailgate" (Michigan, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,064, issued on May 19.

"Systems and methods for moving a vehicle tailgate" was invented by Keith Weston (Canton, Mich.), Brendan Diamond (Naples, Fla.), Jonathan Hair (Northville, Mich.), John Robert Van Wiemeersch (Novi, Mich.) and Stuart C. Salter (White Lake, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle including a tailgate, a sensor system, and a processor is disclosed. The sensor system may be configured to capture inputs associated with the tailgate. The processor may be configured to obtain a trigger signal, and determine an object presence on the tailgate based on the inputs obtained from the sensor system responsive to obta...