US Patent Issued to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES on June 23 for "Vehicle tailgate system" (Michigan, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,209, issued on June 23, was assigned to FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Vehicle tailgate system" was invented by Vincent A. Chimento (Plymouth, Mich.), Shawn Michael Morgans (Chelsea, Mich.), Jack Marchlewski (Smithville, Mo.), David Alan Hamilton (Howell, Mich.), Michael M. Azzouz (Farmington, Mich.), Jay John Meyer (Howell, Mich.) and Scott Nydam (Farmington Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method may secure a tailgate panel to a panel-carrying frame. A method may after securing the tailgate panel to the panel-carrying frame, secure a component-carrying frame to the panel-carrying frame. A method may a...