US Patent Issued to AISIN on March 17 for "Sunroof assembly water management system" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,701, issued on March 17, was assigned to AISIN Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Sunroof assembly water management system" was invented by Alexander Wells (New Hudson, Mich.), Glover A. Kosch (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Michael A. Mixon (Brighton, Mich.) and Jacob C. Grimaldo (Westland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sunroof assembly includes a bracket configured for attachment to a sunroof panel. The sunroof assembly also includes a guiderail supporting movement of the bracket, whereby movement of the bracket causes movement of the sunroof panel. The sunroof assembly further includes a housing defining a housing wall, wherein the housing wal...