ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,933, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Edscha Engineering GmbH (Remscheid, Germany).

"Drive device for a vehicle flap" was invented by Christian Bartschies (Remscheid, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive device for a vehicle flap, and includes a first actuator for opening and closing the vehicle flap. The first actuator has a first end. The drive device also includes a first connection element for connecting the first end of the first actuator to one of the vehicle door and the vehicle body, and a coupling device having at least one first coupling member for coupling the first connection element to the first actuator. T...