US Patent Issued to Grass on Aug. 5 for "Body comprising parts which are pivotable between two positions, driven by an electric motor" (Austrian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,809, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Grass GmbH (Reinheim, Germany).

"Body comprising parts which are pivotable between two positions, driven by an electric motor" was invented by Wolfgang Held (Hard, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a body, in particular a cabinet, with a part that can be pivoted between two positions by an electric motor, for example a door or panel. During its closing movement, the body, in particular the cabinet, actuates a control device that activates the motor. A separate sensor, which reacts to the movements of the control device and by means of which the motor output c...