US Patent Issued to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES on June 2 for "Motor vehicle hinge systems including dual articulation gooseneck hinges" (American, Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,616, issued on June 2, was assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Motor vehicle hinge systems including dual articulation gooseneck hinges" was invented by Joshua Robert Hemphill (White Lake, Mich.), Joe Prior (Detroit), Raul Ezequiel Alvarez Ruiz (Estado de Mexico, Mexico), Michael Shawn Watterworth (Brighton, Mich.), Samuel Jacob McCormick (South Lyon, Mich.) and Christopher R. Kutz (Tecumseh, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Hinge systems are provided for movably mounting a door subassembly to a tailgate assembly of a motor vehicle. An exemplary hinge system may include an upper hinge assembly and a lower ...