ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,128, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE SE & Co. KG BAMBERG (Germany) and SUSPA GMBH (Germany).

"Drive arrangement for a flap of a motor vehicle" was invented by Michael Wittelsburger (Bamberg, Germany), Clemens Franke (Bamberg, Germany), Sebastian Ramsauer (Furth, Germany), Patricia Cruz (Bamberg, Germany), Roland Loscher (Erlangen, Germany) and Waldon Zuo (Jiangning District, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive arrangement for a motor vehicle flap including a gas pressure element, the gas pressure element has an outwardly sealed cylinder and a piston moveable in the cylinder interior along the cylinder ...