US Patent Issued to MINEBEA ACCESSSOLUTIONS ITALIA on Aug. 18 for "Vehicle door handle assembly and associated vehicle door" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,921, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to MINEBEA ACCESSSOLUTIONS ITALIA S.P.A. (Pianezza, Italy).

"Vehicle door handle assembly and associated vehicle door" was invented by Marco Savant (Pianezza, Italy), Alexandre Pieri (Pianezza, Italy), Luca Balzarini (Pianezza, Italy), Andreas Winter (Pianezza, Italy) and Martin Winker (Pianezza, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle door handle assembly includes: a housing providing a recess with an opening; an elastic lever arranged in the recess, having a first end embedded in the housing and a second free end extending in front of the opening; a sensor for detecting a deformation of t...