ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,002, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Illinois Tool Works Inc. (Glenview, Ill.).
"Device for aligning covers for vehicles" was invented by Zsolt Wilke (Bad Mergentheim, Germany), Andreas Rudolf (Eibelstadt, Germany) and Joachim Oberst (GroBrinderfeld, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an apparatus (100) for aligning covers (102) for vehicles, in particular covers for flush door handles, wherein the cover (102) is reversibly movable, and in particular pivotable, between a closed position in which the cover (102) covers a door handle recess (106) and an open position in which the cover releases ...