US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on July 14 for "Vehicle panel and viewing screen" (American, Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,286, issued on July 14, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Vehicle panel and viewing screen" was invented by Stuart C. Salter (White Lake, Mich.), Omar Valdez (Cuautitlan Izcalli, Mexico), Mark Joseph Courtright (Allen Park, Mich.), Brendan Diamond (Grosse Pointe, Mich.), Heath W. Hilliard (Royal Oak, Mich.) and Jason Daniel Falenski (Berkley, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus includes a vehicle panel that is moveable between a closed position and an open position and a viewing screen that is supported relative to an inner surface of the vehicle panel. The viewing screen is move...