US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on May 26 for "Vehicle door control system" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,895, issued on May 26, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLP (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Vehicle door control system" was invented by Stuart C. Salter (White Lake, Mich.), Aaron Halonen (Brighton, Mich.), Annette Lynn Huebner (Highland, Mich.), Kristin Ann Hellman (Walled Lake, Mich.), David Brian Glickman (Southfield, Mich.) and Kristopher Karl Brown (Dearborn, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle door control system includes a door assembly, which includes a side door and a liftgate. The door assembly includes an actuation assembly that adjusts each of the side door and the liftgate between opened and closed positions. A se...