ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,018, issued on June 10, was assigned to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (Germany).
"Device for unlocking a vehicle door" was invented by Gerhard Reder (Moensheim, Germany) and Stefan Schmitz (Stuttgart, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for door unlocking for a vehicle, having an actuating element, including an actuating portion and a flexibly unwindable band portion, which is connected to a Bowden cable. The Bowden cable and the actuating element are arranged on a base plate and/or a door, and the actuating element is connected to a rotatably arranged loop lever in such a way that, when the loop lever is rotated by the act...