ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,760, issued on May 13, was assigned to Lisa Draexlmaier GmbH (Vilsbiburg, Germany).

"System for bridging a gap between two adjacent components" was invented by Stefan Brandmeier (Vilsbiburg, Germany), Marco Reis (Bodenkirchen, Germany) and Friedrich Graf (Eggenfelden, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for bridging a distance between two adjacent components is disclosed, the system including a first component and a second component arranged at a distance from the first component. The system further includes a bridging element arranged to bridge the distance between the first component and the second component. The bridgi...