US Patent Issued to Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. KG Bamberg on Aug. 12 for "Method for controlling a motor-driven flap assembly of a motor vehicle" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,248, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. KG Bamberg (Bamberg, Germany).

"Method for controlling a motor-driven flap assembly of a motor vehicle" was invented by Sebastian Schoedel (Eckersdorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for actuating a motor-driven flap assembly of a vehicle. A control assembly is provided for actuating a motor drive assembly which is paired with the flap assembly, and a distance sensor which is coupled to the control assembly is also provided. Sensor signals are detected by the distance sensor in order to detect an operator action carried out by an operator of the veh...