US Patent Issued to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche on Feb. 17 for "Apparatus for exposing and covering a charging port of a vehicle" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,946, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (Germany).

"Apparatus for exposing and covering a charging port of a vehicle" was invented by Bogdan Pentia (Ostfildern, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for exposing and covering a charging port having a cover, which is movable between a closed position, in which the charging port is covered by the cover, and an open position, in which the charging port is exposed by the cover, using a combined drive-and-guide device, which is moved inwardly from its closed position in relation to an outer skin comprising the charging port. In order to simplify th...