ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,814, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Edscha Engineering GmbH (Remscheid, Germany).

"Support device, in particular for a vehicle flap" was invented by Christian Bartschies (Remscheid, Germany), Jochen Bals (Remscheid, Germany) and Marek Bady (Remscheid, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a support device, in particular for a vehicle flap, comprising a housing (2) which can be connected between the vehicle flap and the vehicle body and which comprises at least one first housing part (3) and a second housing part (4) said the first housing part (3) and second housing part (4) are movable relative...