ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,918, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Vehicle door latch assembly with cable blocker" was invented by Karin Helga Kemnitz (Northville, Mich.), Daniel Carl Bejune (Southfield, Mich.), Eugene John Ficyk (Livonia, Mich.), Aileen M. DeVoe (Royal Oak, Mich.), Sean Timothy Ryan (Farmington Hills, Mich.), Alvin Samuel Chiang (Royal Oak, Mich.), Sohail Jamal (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.), Selvakumar Inbaraj Daniel (Novi, Mich.), Paul Matthew Minutolo (Grosse Ile, Mich.) and Lavanya Vemuri (Saline, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle door latch assembly includes a handle assembly con...