US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Sept. 8 for "Automotive flanged interface attachment" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,702, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Automotive flanged interface attachment" was invented by Brandon Dziuda (Detroit) and Brendan Wayne Cooper (Farmington, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly of a first component and a second component of a vehicle includes a first component having a first flange and a plurality of first flange openings in the first flange, and a second component having a second flange and a plurality of second flange teeth, the plurality of second flange teeth extending through the plurality of first flange openings. A flange lock is installed over the...