US Patent Issued to Edscha Engineering on March 4 for "Drive device having a coupling device for a vehicle flap" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,410, issued on March 4, was assigned to Edscha Engineering GmbH (Remscheid, Germany).

"Drive device having a coupling device for a vehicle flap" was invented by Christian Bartschies (Remscheid, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive device for a pivotable vehicle flap includes a flap part associated with the vehicle flap, a body part associated with a vehicle body and a hinge arrangement which hingedly connects the flap part and the body part. The hinge arrangement allows the flap part to be pivoted about a first axis of rotation for opening and closing the vehicle flap and about a second axis of rotation for raising the vehi...