US Patent Issued to Brose Fahrzeugteile on July 15 for "Drive device for a closure element of a motor vehicle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,483, issued on July 15, was assigned to Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. KG (Bamberg, Germany).

"Drive device for a closure element of a motor vehicle" was invented by Michael Wittelsburger (Bamberg, Germany), Thomas Stohr (Pfarrweisach, Germany), Rainer Jarand (Ahorn, Germany), Marco Schramm (SeBlach, Germany), Andreas Weigand (Hausen, Germany), Alwin Macht (Ebensfeld, Germany), Harald Kruger (Bamberg, Germany) and Matthias Fischer (Itzgrund, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive apparatus for a closure element of a motor vehicle, including a tube defining an axis, a spindle disposed within the tube and configured to move from ...