ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,440, issued on May 20, was assigned to NINGBO POWERNICE INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Ningbo, China).

"Single motor-driven double push rod electric vehicle tailgate system" was invented by Yong Yang (Ningbo, China), Mengliang Wei (Ningbo, China), Peng Lu (Ningbo, China) and Fernando Osca (Ningbo, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric vehicle tailgate system includes a beam assembly fixed on a vehicle, a follow-up plate, a lifting arm, and a lifting power assembly. The lifting power assembly includes a motor, a first lifting push rod, a second lifting push rod, and a transmission mechanism coupled to the motor. The follo...