ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,016, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to CHANGZHOU WEIEN TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT Co. LTD (Changzhou, China).
"Electric tailgate strut for automobiles" was invented by Zhiwen Tao (Changzhou, China) and Xiaogang Li (Changzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric tailgate strut for automobiles includes telescopic rod, gas spring, nut and driving unit. Telescopic rod includes outer tube and inner tube, wherein the outer tube can move along the axial direction of inner tube. Gas spring is arranged inside the telescopic rod and is included of thread tube, piston and piston rod, wherein distance between piston rod and inner tube ...