ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,474, issued on March 31, was assigned to INTEVA PRODUCTS LLC (Troy, Mich.).
"Vehicle door latch" was invented by Hector Sanchez Rojas (Chihuahua, Mexico), Pedro Alfredo Alvarado Heredia (Chihuahua, Mexico), Victor Daniel Varela Antillon (Chihuahua, Mexico) and Donald Michael Perkins (Warrant, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle latch, including: a drive assembly, wherein the drive assembly includes a power release gear, a reset lever secured to one side of the power release gear and a gear lock lever located on an opposite side of the power release gear, the gear lock lever rotatably mounted to the power release gear and ...