US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on July 21 for "Cable-less end gate for a vehicle" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,058, issued on July 21, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Cable-less end gate for a vehicle" was invented by Scott Lee Bodell (Lapeer, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cargo box for a pickup truck includes a base portion including a first end, a second end, and an intermediate portion defining the cargo box, a first side wall extending from the first end towards the second end on a first side of the cargo box, the first side wall including a first end portion and a second side wall extending from the first end towards the second end, the second side wall including a second end portion. The cargo bo...