US Patent Issued to ADVANCED COMFORT SYSTEMS FRANCE SAS-ACS FRANCE on June 23 for "Device for closing off an aperture in the body of a vehicle, and corresponding vehicle" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,960, issued on June 23, was assigned to ADVANCED COMFORT SYSTEMS FRANCE SAS-ACS FRANCE (Bressuire, France).

"Device for closing off an aperture in the body of a vehicle, and corresponding vehicle" was invented by Frederic Giret (Boisme, France), Anthony Jean (Haute-Goulaine, France) and Maxime Nee (Bressuire, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a device (1) for closing off an opening in a stationary portion (110), and at least one sliding movable panel (120) guided along two guide rails (111a, 111b) mounted on one face of the stationary panel (110), between a closed position in a first plane defined by said...