ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,816, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. KG Bamberg (Germany).

"Drive device for adjusting a vehicle assembly" was invented by Alex Kromer (Stegaurach, Germany), Marvin Hohlfeld (Hirschaid, Germany), Maximilian Kunzelmann (Bamberg, Germany) and Heino Schalyo (Altendorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive device for adjusting a vehicle assembly an electromotive adjustment drive for adjusting the vehicle assembly and a control device for controlling the adjustment drive the control device actuates the adjustment drive in an automatic mode for adjusting the vehicle assembly with a predetermined ro...