ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,349, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. KG (Bamberg, Germany).
"Drivetrain" was invented by Stephan Henzler (Ubstadt-Weiher, Germany) and Markus Forst (Bamberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drivetrain for the motorized movement of a motor vehicle closure including at least one friction lock mechanism to provide a friction torque, the friction lock mechanism being part of a coupling mechanism of the drivetrain for coupling two drive components of the drivetrain for conjoint rotation, including a coupling piece on the motor side to a drive component on the motor side and via a coupling piece rem...