US Patent Issued to SOFTCAR on Dec. 16 for "Vehicle door" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,884, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SOFTCAR SA (Fribourg, Switzerland).

"Vehicle door" was invented by Etienne Crozier (La Neuveville, Switzerland), Clara Gulli (Le Landeron, Switzerland), Guillaume Heisel (Bienne, Switzerland), Stephane Landwerlin (Le Landeron, Switzerland) and Jean-Luc Thuliez (Le Landeron, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a sectional door of a vehicle opening as close as possible to the body of said vehicle, having cam strikers for closing, locking and opening same, having actuators for opening same and having a movable window capable of separating from said body and translat...