ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,348, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. KG Bamberg (Bamberg, Germany).

"Deflection device for a motor vehicle window lift, window lift and door module" was invented by Hans Herzog (Strullendorf, Germany) and Sebastian Hohn (Neustadt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deflection device is for a traction cord of a window lift of a motor vehicle. The deflection device has a cord pulley, which has a circumferential track for the traction cord and a central bearing opening, and a carrier for the cord pulley. A carrier-side journal is provided for rotatably mounting the cord pulley, wherein the cord pull...