ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,700, issued on March 31, was assigned to Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH (Hagenbach, Germany).
"Holding apparatus and method for holding a mobile device" was invented by Christophe Wagner (Hagenbach, Germany), Christoph Wittig (Mannheim, Germany) and Sabine Lindemann (Steinweiler, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a holding apparatus for a mobile device, in particular for a smartphone, in a vehicle interior. The holding apparatus includes a support element having a receiving space for receiving the mobile device, a covering skin having a visible side and a rear side, the rear side of the covering skin b...