ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,823, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to HI-LEX Corp. (Takarazuka, Japan).
"Automobile hatch opening/closing device" was invented by Atsushi Joko (Osaka, Japan) and Hiromu Daidou (Hyogo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An opening/closing body opening/closing device includes: an opening/closing body; a closing mechanism; an opening/driving body driving section; a control section; and a position detection section. The closing mechanism includes an engaging portion, an engaged portion, a closing mechanism-side driving section, and an interaction detection section. The control section causes the closing mechanism-side driving section t...