MUMBAI, India, May 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202311080438 A) filed by Mercedes-Benz Group Ag, Stuttgart, Germany, on Nov. 27, 2023, for 'mechanism to maintain seamless transition between trunk-lid or tailgate and bumper interface in vehicle.'

Inventor(s) include Sarthak Shukla; Sujith Unnikrishnan; and Akula Satya Jayanth.

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: "Described herein is an assembly (100) for masking a gap (108) for achieving the seamless flush between a bumper (102) and a trunk-lid or tailgate (104) associated with a vehicle. The assembly (100) comprises a masking member ...