ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,193, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Stabilus GmbH (Koblenz, Germany).
"Linear drive for a closure element of a motor vehicle" was invented by Jonathan KeBler (Gemunden, Germany) and Martin Neitzert (Urbach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linear drive (100) for moving a closure element of a motor vehicle relative to a body of the motor vehicle. The linear drive (100) includes an outer tube (110), an inner element (120) arranged in the outer tube (110), wherein the inner element (120) is telescopically extendable along a drive axis (A) of the linear drive (100) from an outlet end of the outer tube (110), and wherein an ...