US Patent Issued to Magna Exteriors on Aug. 25 for "Linear slide mechanism" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,473, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Magna Exteriors Inc. (Aurora, Canada).

"Linear slide mechanism" was invented by Ted E. Peterson (Howell, Mich.), Yao Wang (Troy, Mich.) and Martin R. Matthews (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An injection molded slide actuator assembly which has a frame, a slide carrier and a slide track member. The injection molded slide actuator has an X, Y, and Z axis with the slide track member having at least one track slot extending along the y and the Z direction and said slide carrier having at least one cooperating outwardly extending side members for engaging the at least one track slot." ...