ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,467, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Stabilus GmbH (Koblenz, Germany).
"Drive device for a hatch" was invented by Thomas Reif (Kobern-Gondorf, Germany) and Jorg Hillen (Nortershausen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive device for a hatch, in particular for a tailgate, comprising a cable, which is connected at one end to a cable pulley, which is configured to wind or unwind the cable according to the direction of rotation of the cable pulley, wherein the cable pulley is connected to a first superordinate assembly, such as a vehicle body, and which is connected at its other end to a second superordinate assembly, such as...