ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,094, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to STABILUS GMBH (Koblenz, Germany).
"Actuating device" was invented by Peter Oster (Koblenz, Germany) and Andreas Ritter (Hilgert, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Actuating device for a vehicle part movable relative to a body of a vehicle, and in particular a vehicle door or a vehicle hatch, including a drive assembly having a drive unit and a drive element driven by the drive unit, and an actuating element which can be displaced relative to the drive assembly along a displacement axis by means of the drive unit, where the actuating element is connected to a carriage assembly which is in t...