ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,365, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AG (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Sliding cover for a center console of a motor vehicle" was invented by Achim Kling (Neuweiler-Agenbach, Germany) and David Ribaric (Cologne, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sliding cover (2) for a center console (1) of a motor vehicle has a guide device (20) for sliding the sliding cover (2) in a guided manner. A holding element (5) holds the sliding cover (2) in one position. An actuating element (6) releases the holding element (5) by means of a release movement (10), and a deflecting device (11) transmits the release movement betwee...