ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,719, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to WITTE AUTOMOTIVE GMBH (Velbert, Germany).
"Tolerance compensation device" was invented by Jan Christian Bente (Sprockhovel, Germany), Jose Luis Gonzalez Losa (Essen, Germany), Philip Weinberger (Essen, Germany) and Sven Lemke (Essen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a tolerance compensation apparatus comprising a base element; a compensation element that is in threaded engagement with the base element and that forms a passage extending in an axial direction for a screw element; a nut into which the screw element can be screwed; and a holding element having a first l...