ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,205, issued on June 3, was assigned to Witte Automotive GmbH (Velbert, Germany).

"Device for a vehicle and vehicle" was invented by David Balzar (Solingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for a motor vehicle may have a base support with an opening and a movable closure element for opening or closing the opening. The device may also have a sensor unit with a housing unit holding this sensor unit, which is movably arranged in the base support. The device may also have a link mechanism. The housing unit may be movable via the link mechanism in the base support between a first position and a second position in which the ho...