ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,891, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to BOS GMBH & Co. KG (Ostfildern, Germany).
"Charging flap system for a motor vehicle" was invented by Thomas Luckert (Goppingen, Germany) and Sebastian Sitzler (Filderstadt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A charging flap system with a charging flap movable between a closed position closing a vehicle charging port and an opened position exposing the port. An electric drive unit moves the charging flap between the opened and closed positions, an electronic control unit controls the drive unit, a blocking device locks or releases the charging flap when closed, and a monitoring device detects a...