ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,349, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Witte Automotive GmbH (Velbert, Germany).
"Device for compensating for tolerances" was invented by Jan Christian Bente (Sprockhovel, Germany) and Karin Sycha (Velbert, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for compensating for tolerances between two components to be connected to one another may have a base element and a compensating element which is in threaded engagement with the base element and which can be moved from a starting position by rotation relative to the base element. The device may also have a radially yielding driving element acting in a predetermined direction, and a ...