US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on April 14 for "Extendable arm assembly" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,317, issued on April 14, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Extendable arm assembly" was invented by Paul W. Alexander (Ypsilanti, Mich.), Wonhee Michael Kim (Troy, Mich.) and Tiantian Li (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An extendable arm assembly includes an extendable arm structure defining a first axis, a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, and a third axis perpendicular to the first axis and the second axis. The extendable arm structure is configured to be actuated between a stowed configuration and an extended configuration in which the extendable arm structure extends along...