ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,278, issued on May 5, was assigned to Webasto SE (Stockdorf, Germany).
"Method for detecting a pinching situation when moving a movable component" was invented by Verena Bachschneider (Stockdorf, Germany), Julian T. Dittrich (Stockdorf, Germany) and Lorenz Casper (Stockdorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for detecting a pinching situation when moving an adjustable component for closing an opening by means of an electric motor in a vehicle comprises the following steps: providing a trigger threshold for a closing force exerted by the electric motor on the component or a physical variable on which it is based, with whic...