US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on July 14 for "Film roll positioning device of a forming over part system" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,004, issued on July 14, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Film roll positioning device of a forming over part system" was invented by Xiang Zhao (Novi, Mich.), Hua-tzu Fan (Troy, Mich.), John Patrick Spicer (Plymouth, Mich.) and Seog-Chan Oh (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A forming over part system including a first roll of a first paint film, a second roll of a second paint film, a film adhering device, and a film positioning device. The film adhering device receives the first paint film. The film adhering device is configured to adhere the first paint film to a component of a vehicle. The ...