ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,080, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Stabilus GmbH (Koblenz, Germany).
"Actuator for the rotary drive of a vehicle flap" was invented by Peter Oster (Koblenz, Germany) and Andreas Ritter (Hilgert, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an actuator for the rotary drive of a vehicle flap. The actuator includes an electric motor, which has a output shaft with a center axis, an output unit, which is in force-transmitting connection with the electric motor in such a manner that activation of the electric motor causes a rotational displacement of the output unit about an axis of rotation of the output unit, and a mounting u...