ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,271, issued on May 5, was assigned to MINEBEA ACCESSSOLUTIONS ITALIA S.P.A. (Pianezza, Italy).

"Device for identifying a position of a vehicle handle" was invented by Marco Savant (Pianezza, Italy), Anthony Guerin (Pianezza, Italy), Antonio Labalestra (Pianezza, Italy), Cannavo Antonino (Pianezza, Italy) and Christophe Perrin (Alfortville, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for identifying a position of a grip member of a vehicle handle includes a cam rotatably movable inside the device around an axis fixed relative to the grip member. The cam is rotatably secured to a lever, which is rotatably movable around the axis, so t...