US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on March 17 for "Entry and egress system for a vehicle" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,753, issued on March 17, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Entry and egress system for a vehicle" was invented by Siddhant Kansal (Hazel Park, Mich.), Gregory Koch (Harrison Township, Mich.), Ross A. Pitcole (Flint, Mich.), Shabbir Ezzy (Royal Oak, Mich.), Patrick Minjeur (Sterling Heights, Mich.), Nilesh D. Mankame (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Thomas A. Barth (Macomb Township, Mich.) and Daniel W. Booth (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An entry/egress system for a vehicle includes a housing mountable to a structural member in the vehicle. An actuator is arranged at the housing. The actuat...