US Patent Issued to Fisker IP/Austria Assets Trust on June 2 for "Vehicle having retractable midgate" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,381, issued on June 2, was assigned to Fisker IP/Austria Assets Trust (New York).

"Vehicle having retractable midgate" was invented by Henrik Fisker (Manhattan Beach, Calif.), Seunghee Oh (Manhattan Beach, Calif.), Robert Dickie (Manhattan Beach, Calif.), Lawrence Thomas (Manhattan Beach, Calif.), Amy Dixon (Manhattan Beach, Calif.), Nadya Arnaout (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) and Matthias Lang (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The technology disclosed herein enables retraction of a vehicle midgate into a cavity. In one example, a vehicle includes a passenger cabin, a cargo bed, and a midgate module positioned between the passenger c...