US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Nov. 25 for "System for boarding a wheelchair on a vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,522, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"System for boarding a wheelchair on a vehicle" was invented by Jaeyun Lee (Incheon, South Korea), Bongbum Back (Incheon, South Korea) and Junetaek Lee (Ganghwa-gun, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for boarding a wheelchair on a vehicle is provided. The system includes a pair of tracks affixed to an interior of the vehicle, a panel slidably disposed on the pair of tracks, and a scissor lift mechanism having a first end affixed to the panel. The system also includes a platform configured for receiving the wheelchair, the platform...