Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'A Mechanism For Seamless Continuity At Tailgate/Trunk Lid To Bumper Interface In Vehicles' Filed by Mercedes-Benz Group Ag

MUMBAI, India, May 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202311080430 A) filed by Mercedes-Benz Group Ag, Stuttgart, Germany, on Nov. 27, 2023, for 'a mechanism for seamless continuity at tailgate/trunk lid to bumper interface in vehicles.'

Inventor(s) include Sarthak Shukla; Sujith Unnikrishnan; and Sriram Sakthivelu.

The application for the patent was published on May 30, under issue no. 22/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A mechanism to ensure styling surface continuity (108) between bumper (102) and tailgate/trunk lid (104) in a vehicle includes slider (106) configured with a bumper (102) of the vehicle, which is configured to move between an extended positi...