US Patent Issued to Magna Mirrors of America on July 21 for "Slider window assembly with movable panel drive system" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,064, issued on July 21, was assigned to Magna Mirrors of America Inc. (Holland, Mich.).

"Slider window assembly with movable panel drive system" was invented by Darin J. Snider (Holland, Mich.), Peggy L. Gustafson (Holland, Mich.) and Troy F. Tooker (Holland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixed window panel is fixed relative to a frame portion. A drive system is operable to move a movable window panel between an opened position and a closed position. The drive system includes (i) a drive motor, (ii) a threaded shaft rotatably driven by the drive motor, (iii) a connecting element that threadedly receives the threaded shaft an...