US Patent Issued to AISIN on March 31 for "Sliding window assembly with flush-closing moving panel" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,482, issued on March 31, was assigned to AISIN Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Sliding window assembly with flush-closing moving panel" was invented by Alexander P. Wells (New Hudson, Mich.) and Joel Thomas Runyan (Canton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments described herein relate to window assemblies. In one embodiment, a window assembly includes a fixed panel defining an opening and a rail that attaches to the fixed panel. The window assembly also includes a guide provided on the rail and defining grooves. The window assembly also includes a shoe at least partially overlapping the guide and defining slots. The window assembl...