US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on May 12 for "Magnetic door overslam and paint process retention tool" (Michigan, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,586, issued on May 12, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Magnetic door overslam and paint process retention tool" was invented by Jeffrey R. Parkin (Williamston, Mich.), Jason B. Hunt (Charlotte, N.C.), Patrice M. Page (Lansing, Mich.), Douglas Dinwiddie (Troy, Mich.) and Kenneth Schmidt (Wixom, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door retention device including: a base defining a hook configured to cooperate with a door or a door frame of a vehicle; and a magnet mounted to the base, the magnet configured to cooperate with the door or the door frame to which the door retention device is not in cooperat...