ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,782, issued on May 13, was assigned to Edscha Engineering GmbH (Remscheid, Germany).
"Drive device for a vehicle flap" was invented by Fabian Kullmer (Remscheid, Germany) and Sergej Steigerwald (Remscheid, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a drive device for a movable vehicle flap, including a flap part associated with the vehicle flap, a body part associated with a vehicle body, a first joint arrangement being arranged between the flap part and the body part, including a first knee lever and a second knee lever. The first knee lever and the second knee lever each have at least a first control a...