US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on Oct. 7 for "Charging flap system for electrically propelled vehicles" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,557, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Charging flap system for electrically propelled vehicles" was invented by Thomas Roth (Eching, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charging flap system for electrically propelled vehicles has a charging socket bracket and a charging socket fastened therein having an outer wall, an inner wall and a cavity therebetween, including a DC power connection, and a charging flap, which is connected for rotation via an articulation joint with a return spring to the charging socket bracket and covers the DC power connection in a first position and reveals the powe...