US Patent Issued to Illinois Tool Works on Jan. 28 for "Actuating apparatus for a flap which is mounted movably on a component, and a component with such an actuating apparatus" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,441, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).

"Actuating apparatus for a flap which is mounted movably on a component, and a component with such an actuating apparatus" was invented by Andreas Rudolf (Eibelstadt, Germany) and Roland Och (Rottendorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An actuating apparatus for a flap which is mounted on a component for movement has a first actuating element, fastenable fixedly to the flap so as to rotate with it, and a second actuating element, fastenable to the component, and rotatable about a first rotational axis, the second actuating element has a first en...