ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,202, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Brose Fahrzeugtelle SE & Co. KG Bamberg (Bamberg, Germany).

"Drive unit with pre-assembled cable module" was invented by Michael Schneiderbanger (Rattelsdorf, Germany), Detlev Mathes (Itzgrund, Germany), Andreas Buehner (Bamberg, Germany) and Frank Haelbig (Bamberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive unit for a drive for adjusting an adjusting element of a motor vehicle along a geometric drive axis, wherein the drive unit has a dynamic unit having a drive motor, a cable module having a motor circuit board as well as a drive unit housing for receiving at least the drive motor and the...