ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,320, issued on June 2, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Dual gooseneck hinge assembly for a door cover" was invented by Jungman Choi (Incheon, South Korea), Junghoon Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Jongseok Yoon (Seoul, South Korea), Youngjin Kwon (Suwon, South Korea) and Soonbeom Kwon (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dual gooseneck hinge assembly for a door cover that provides access to an opening defined by a body panel includes an outer hinge member, an inner hinge member, and a one-piece housing defining a cavity that houses the outer hinge member and the inner hinge member when the dua...