US Patent Issued to REE AUTOMOTIVE on Jan. 27 for "Device and system for retracting a control console of a vehicle in an emergency" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,120, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to REE AUTOMOTIVE LTD (Kibbutz Glil-Yam, Israel).

"Device and system for retracting a control console of a vehicle in an emergency" was invented by Daniel Barel (Herzliya, Israel) and Ido Gury (Tel-Aviv Jaffa, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retractable console system for a vehicle, which may include: a control console; a linkage coupled to the control console; an actuator coupled to the linkage, the actuator may: lock the linkage and the control console coupled thereto in an operational position; and upon detection of an emergency, abruptly unlock and cause the linkage and the console cou...