ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,456, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Kiekert AG (Heiligenhaus, Germany).
"Setting-open device" was invented by Michael Berres (Cologne, Germany) and Bernhard Drost (Isselburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a setting-open device for a motor vehicle door, in particular a handleless motor vehicle door, for example a handleless motor vehicle side door. For this purpose, the setting-open device is equipped with an electric-motor drive (1 to 4) and with an associated actuating element (5) for acting on a door leaf. The actuating element (5) acts on the door leaf with a travel-dependent force along the a...