US Patent Issued to FCA US on July 21 for "Cable driven power tailgate system" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,063, issued on July 21, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Cable driven power tailgate system" was invented by Samuel J Matt (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable driven power tailgate system has at least one cable connected with a truck box for raising and lowering a tailgate of a vehicle. A motor/actuator drives the at least one cable to move the tailgate into a closed position. At least one nut on a spindle, the nut connected with the at least one cable. The spindle rotates in response to the at least one cable movement to move the tailgate into an open position."

The patent was filed on Dec....