ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,344, issued on March 24, was assigned to HBPO GMBH (Lippstadt, Germany).
"Motorized covering device" was invented by Gaoming Zhao (Lippstadt, Germany) and Milan Malatak (Hummenne, Slovak Republic).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor-driven covering device for covering and exposing a charging connection arranged on the body of an electric vehicle with respect to a vehicle exterior can include a cover flap for covering the charging connection in a closed state and for exposing the charging connection in an open state, a motor operatively connected to the cover flap for driving an opening movement and a closing movement of the cover ...