ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,180, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Walterscheid GmbH (Lohmar, Germany).
"Stabilizer" was invented by Jan-Philipp Schmacke (Lohmar, Germany) and Manuel Thiel (Windeck-Herchen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stabilizer for a attachment device of a vehicle includes a first adjusting element and a second adjusting element, guided adjustably relative to one another along a longitudinal axis to vary the length of the stabilizer. A first connecting element on the first adjusting element can support the stabilizer against the vehicle. A second connecting element can support the stabilizer against an element of the attachment dev...