US Patent Issued to Magna Exteriors on Sept. 1 for "Liftgate hockey stick attachment" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,460, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Magna Exteriors Inc. (Aurora, Canada).

"Liftgate hockey stick attachment" was invented by Shunlie Zhong (Shanghai), Chang Wang (Shanghai) and Xiaoqiang Xu (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liftgate support bracket connection arrangement for a vehicle liftgate. The liftgate can be for a rear vehicle liftgate or any other type of liftgate found on a vehicle. Connected to the composite inner panel are support brackets. The inner panel of a liftgate has a plurality of bosses formed on an outer surface of the inner panel. Each of the support brackets has a plurality of apertures correspondi...