ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,784, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. KG Bamberg (Bamberg, Germany).

"Window lifter for a motor vehicle and method of manufacturing the window lifter" was invented by Hilmar Dohles (Itzgrund, Germany), Florian Quin (Rattelsdorf, Germany), Udo Taubmann (Bad Rodach Sulzfeld, Germany) and Doris Wolf (Rodental, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A window lifter for a motor vehicle contains a plastic component and a metal component. The plastic component is at least in sections in mechanical contact with the metal component on a bearing surface, and wherein microcapsules are embedded into the plastic m...