ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,541, issued on July 7, was assigned to RONGCHENG COMPAKS NEW ENERGY AUTOMOBILE Co. LTD. (Weihai City, China).

"Single-power, entire roof-lifting mechanism for recreational vehicles" was invented by Fuyao Chu (Weihai City, China), Jianjun Chen (Weihai City, China), Shaoxun Liu (Weihai City, China), Chuanjie Wang (Weihai City, China), Shilei Wang (Weihai City, China) and Peng Zhang (Weihai City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a single-power, roof-lifting mechanism for recreational vehicles. It includes a first, second, third, and fourth swing member; a first and second connector; a first and second ...