ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,149, issued on May 6, was assigned to Fidlock GmbH (Hannover, Germany).
"Closure device having a rotary element" was invented by Heiko Buttner (Hannover, Germany) and Artur Siebert (Hannover, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is provided a closure device includes a first closure part and a second closure part, which can be placed against each other along a closing direction, are held against each other in a closed position, and can be detached from each other for opening the closure device. The second closure part includes a housing element with a bearing opening and a rotary element rotatably mounted in the bearing opening o...