ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,854, issued on June 23, was assigned to Minebea AccessSolutions France (Alfortville, France).
"Mechanism for opening/closing a latch for a motor vehicle door leaf" was invented by Laurent Duriez (Abbeville, France), Francois Debroucke (Abbeville, France) and Jeremy Paumelle (Abbeville, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an opening/closing assistance mechanism for assisting the opening/closing of a latch for an opening. The opening/closing assistance mechanism includes an electric actuator configured to control a closing and an opening of the latch. The electric actuator includes a reducer which in...