ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,462, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE SE & Co. KG COBURG (Germany).

"Actuator for a vehicle assembly" was invented by Timo Witzel (Flieden, Germany), Dominik Brietz (Gerolzhofen, Germany), Alexander Kifer (Mistelbach, Germany), Helmut Pfalzgraf (Eibelstadt, Germany), Uwe Sommer (Effelder, Germany), Thomas Susemihl (Wurzburg, Germany) and Christian Mergl (Zeil/Main, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuator includes an electric motor having a stator and a rotor that can be rotated relative to the stator about an axis of rotation (D). The stator comprises an inner stator part, a first outer stator part and ...