US Patent Issued to Volvo Car on May 19 for "Positioning mechanism and lid assembly, especially for a charging port assembly of a vehicle" (Swedish Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,008, issued on May 19, was assigned to Volvo Car Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Positioning mechanism and lid assembly, especially for a charging port assembly of a vehicle" was invented by Magnus Matsson (Gothenburg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a positioning mechanism for holding a lid element of a vehicle in an intermediate position between a fully open position and a fully closed position. The positioning mechanism comprises a base component, a first friction block carrying a first friction surface, a counter surface, and an engagement element. The first friction block is supported on the base comp...