US Patent Issued to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES on April 21 for "Vehicle closure member cable devices with integrated features for added functionality" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,296, issued on April 21, was assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Vehicle closure member cable devices with integrated features for added functionality" was invented by Nathan Gregory Smith (Werribee South, Australia), Matt Dwyer (Reservoir, Australia) and Anand Singaram (Taylors Hill, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vehicle closure members are provided that include integrated features for increasing the functionality of the closure member (e.g., a tailgate). A bottle opener feature or an article hanging feature may be integrated as part of a cable connector assembly that connects the closure member ...