ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,210,370, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to elobau GmbH & Co. KG (Leutkirch, Germany).

"Operating lever comprising link system" was invented by Richard Christlbauer (Legau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An operating lever (1) comprising corresponding a link system (2) is provided. The link system (2) has at least a first link part (3) and restoring means (5), which act on the at least one link part (3) and transfer the latter into a zero position. The operating lever (1) is guided in the link system (2), and the first link part (3) is movably mounted in such a way that a positional change of the operating level (1) to the link s...