US Patent Issued to Nissan North America on Aug. 18 for "Anti-pooling countermeasures for vehicles" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,332, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Nissan North America Inc. (Franklin, Tenn.).

"Anti-pooling countermeasures for vehicles" was invented by Patrick Grattan (Wixom, Mich.) and David Snyder (Southfield, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle is disclosed that includes a rear door, which is movable between closed and open positions, and a vehicle body, which supports the rear door and includes an anti-pooling countermeasure that is configured to inhibit water collection between the rear door and the vehicle body. The anti-pooling countermeasure includes a trunk and a wing that extends from the trunk at an obtuse angle such ...