ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,796, issued on March 3, was assigned to Huf Hulsbeck & Furst GMBH & Co. KG (Velbert, Germany).

"Handle unit for a vehicle, opening part having an electrical and a mechanical opening mechanism, and method for operating a handle unit" was invented by Martin Porada (Wuppertal, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a handle unit for a vehicle, having a handle for opening an opening part of the vehicle, which is movable at least between an actuation position for activating an electrical opening function for opening the opening part and an emergency opening position for mechanically opening the opening part, a rot...