ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,351, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. KG Bamberg (Bamberg, Germany).

"Spindle drive for a closure element of a motor vehicle" was invented by Manfred Barthelmess (Scheinfeld, Germany), Michael Schneiderbanger (Rattelsdorf, Germany), Daniela Schweizer (Coburg, Germany), Marco Suess (Bamberg, Germany), Christian Umbreit (Bamberg, Germany) and Tobias Zwosta (Wilhelmsthal, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a spindle drive for a closure element of a motor vehicle, which spindle drive has a spindle/spindle nut mechanism which has a spindle and a spindle nut, wherein a motor-side ...