ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,738, issued on July 28, was assigned to Edscha Engineering GmbH (Remscheid, Germany).

"Drive device having a supporting device" was invented by Jochen Bals (Remscheid, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive device includes a housing having a first housing part and a second housing part. The first housing part is axially movable in relation to the second housing part along a longitudinal axis of the housing. The drive device includes a preloading means located in the housing for axially preloading the first housing part with respect to the second housing part; a spindle rod coupled to one of the first housing part and the seco...