ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,771, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to HBPO GmbH (Lippstadt, Germany).
"Motor-operated cover device" was invented by Insoo Ha (Erwitte, Germany) and Andreas Fischer (Rastatt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a motor-driven covering device (2) for covering and exposing a charging connection (8) arranged on the body (4) of an electric vehicle (6) with respect to a vehicle exterior (16), comprising a cover flap (10) for covering the charging connection (8) in a closed state (I), a motor (12) operatively connected to the cover flap (10) for driving an opening movement and a closing movement of the cover fl...