ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,949, issued on July 29, was assigned to NINGBO JINGCHENG CAR INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Ningbo, China).

"Electric folding device for exterior rear-view mirror of vehicle" was invented by Mingzhang Kang (Ningbo, China), Heng Wan (Ningbo, China) and Zhengdong Jiang (Ningbo, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric folding device for exterior rear-view mirror of a vehicle is provided which comprises a centralized connection piece, having a mounting portion provided for the drive gear to slide circumferentially; a limiting seat is integrally disposed on an upper part of the mounting portion, a spring is abutted against an upper end of th...