ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,341, issued on March 24, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Opening/closing member control device" was invented by Keitaro Sato (Kariya-city, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An opening/closing member control device includes a control section configured to control a motor for opening and closing an opening/closing member and determine whether an entrapment occurs when closing the opening/closing member. The control section is further configured to supply a prestored drive voltage to the motor when closing the opening/closing member, and maintain supply of the prestored drive voltage until it is determined that an entr...