US Patent Issued to NISSAN NORTH AMERICA on March 17 for "Vehicle door assembly" (Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,698, issued on March 17, was assigned to NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC. (Franklin, Tenn.).

"Vehicle door assembly" was invented by Felipe Estrada Lagunas (Toluca, Mexico), Jose Manuel Ruiz Villegas (Toluca, Mexico) and Edgar Montes De Oca Contreras (Toluca, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle door assembly includes an outer panel and an inner panel. The outer panel has an inboard surface and an outboard surface. A door handle receiving area is disposed in the outer door panel and is configured to receive a door handle. The inner panel has an inboard surface and an outboard surface. The inner panel is connected to the outer pa...