US Patent Issued to Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. KG Bamberg on May 27 for "Radar sensor system and method for contactlessly moving a vehicle door relative to a vehicle body" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,855, issued on May 27, was assigned to Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. KG Bamberg (Germany).

"Radar sensor system and method for contactlessly moving a vehicle door relative to a vehicle body" was invented by Christian Schmidt (Bamberg, Germany), Bernd Herthan (Michelau, Germany) and Carsten Topf (Schonungen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for providing contactless movement of a vehicle door relative to a vehicle body including an electric-motor movement device for moving the vehicle door, a radar sensor system for detecting, in the region of the vehicle door, a gesture to be performed by a user, and a control device fo...