ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,192, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to AUTOPSTENHOJ GMBH (Rheine, Germany).

"Underfloor lifting platform for lifting vehicles" was invented by Wolfgang Naber (Neuenkirchen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An underfloor lifting platform (100) for lifting vehicles comprising a canister (200) configured to be arranged underground and a first and a second cylinder piston units (300a, 300b). The first and the second cylinder piston units (300a, 300b) are movable along a vertical direction (X). The underfloor lifting platform (100) comprises a first and a second bearing (400) configured to slidably guide the first and the second cyli...