ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,826, issued on March 17, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).
"Power door tip to close" was invented by Thiago Laserra Lima (Sterling Heights, Mich.), Sitaram Emani (Novi, Mich.) and Carlos S. Jabbour (Shelby Township, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powered door system for a vehicle includes a system controller that is adapted to detect when an operator initiates closing of a door that is being maintained in an open position, a motor in communication with the system controller and adapted to move the door from the open position to a closed position, the system controller further adapted to, upon det...