US Patent Issued to FCA US on June 9 for "Vehicle having biometric authentication sensor" (Indian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,439, issued on June 9, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Vehicle having biometric authentication sensor" was invented by Aman Kumar Jha (Chennai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An authentication system configured to be attached to a door and configured to authenticate whether a person is permitted to open the door. The authentication system may include a casing configured to be attached to the door, a device configured to generate a signal indicative of the person being authentic, and a protection member that is movable relative to the casing and is configured shield the device when the protection member is loca...