US Patent Issued to MAGNA CLOSURES on March 17 for "Closure latch assembly with single motor actuator configured to control multiple latch functions" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,813, issued on March 17, was assigned to MAGNA CLOSURES INC. (Newmarket, Canada).

"Closure latch assembly with single motor actuator configured to control multiple latch functions" was invented by Marco Taurasi (Leghorn, Italy) and Francesco Cumbo (Pisa, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power latch assembly for motor vehicle closure applications has a single motor operable to move a pawl from a ratchet holding position to a ratchet releasing position; place the power latch assembly in a double pull mechanical release state, and place the power latch assembly in a child lock state."

The patent was filed on April 5, 2023, under...