US Patent Issued to AISIN on May 12 for "Multi-functional sunroof assembly bracket endcap and deflector protector" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,521, issued on May 12, was assigned to AISIN Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Multi-functional sunroof assembly bracket endcap and deflector protector" was invented by Micah S. Wedekind (Livonia, Mich.), Michael A. Mixon (Brighton, Mich.), Glover A. Kosch (Ann Arbor, 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 removably attached to a sunroof panel and defining a cavity. The sunroof assembly also includes an endcap removably attached to the bracket that closes the cavity and maintains clearance between the sunroof panel and a deflector of the sunroof assembly by contacting t...