US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on Jan. 20 for "Method for providing anti-trap protection for a motor vehicle" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,416, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Method for providing anti-trap protection for a motor vehicle" was invented by Florian Fritz (Oberding, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method provides anti-trap protection for a motor vehicle, in which a miniature safety edge is arranged on a first interior component which is movable in automated fashion relative to a second interior component by way of a control device. An automated movement of the interior components relative to one another via the control device is prevented when the miniature safety edge is actuated."

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