ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,883, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to GRAMMER AG (Ursensollen, Germany).
"Vehicle equipment component" was invented by Sebastian Schmitt (Nuremberg, Germany), Kadir Yasaroglu (Philippsburg, Germany) and Niranjan Patankar (Jalagon, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An equipment part for a vehicle, having a base and a part that is movable relative to the base, wherein the movable part is lockable with respect to at least one movement direction in at least two positions relative to the base by a locking device. The locking device includes at least one recess, wherein in a catch position of the locking device at least one safety cat...