US Patent Issued to U-SHIN ITALIA on Jan. 27 for "Electronic vehicle handle assembly including a mechanical switch" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,940, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to U-SHIN ITALIA S.p.A. (Pianezza, Italy).

"Electronic vehicle handle assembly including a mechanical switch" was invented by Thomas Peynot (Pianezza, Italy), Anthony Guerin (Pianezza, Italy), Frederic Citron (Pianezza, Italy) and Alessio Gajoni (Pianezza, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle door handle assembly includes a housing that sits flush against an outer panel of the vehicle, a rotatable flap housed within the housing, the flap extending along and configured to rotate about a rotation axis between a rest position and a door opening position, a mechanical actuation switch genera...