US Patent Issued to Mercedes-Benz Group on April 22 for "Covering assembly for a side sill of a passenger motor car" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,723, issued on April 22, was assigned to Mercedes-Benz Group AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Covering assembly for a side sill of a passenger motor car" was invented by Samuel Hahn (Aidlingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A covering assembly for a side sill of a passenger motor car includes a sill cover which has a first covering element, a second covering element, and a drive unit. Via the drive unit the first covering element is pivotable around a first pivot axis and the second covering element is pivotable relative to the side sill between a covering position and a convenience position around a second pivot axis. The drive uni...