US Patent Issued to MINEBEA MITSUMI on Dec. 2 for "Closure device for a charging or tank flap of an automotive vehicle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,746, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to MINEBEA MITSUMI INC. (Nagano, Japan).

"Closure device for a charging or tank flap of an automotive vehicle" was invented by Martin Winker (Wurmlingen, Germany), Fabian Sekinger (Eschbronn-Mariazell, Germany) and Stefan Lindhuber (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is based on a closure device for a charging or tank flap of an automotive vehicle, comprising a flap element, comprising a drive unit including an electrical actuator for traversing the flap element between a closed position and an open position and a guide unit disposed within a body of the automotive vehicle, wherein ...