MUMBAI, India, April 18 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202311069102 A) filed by Mercedes-Benz Group Ag, Stuttgart, Germany, on Oct. 13, 2023, for 'vehicle luggage compartment with active barrier.'
Inventor(s) include Kushal Nagavkar; Omkar Karnik; and Abhijeet Wagh.
The application for the patent was published on April 18, under issue no. 16/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A luggage compartment (100) includes a load floor, at least one active barrier (102) pivotally coupled to a front edge of the load floor (104) for movement from undeployed position to deployed position. In undeployed position, active barrier (102) is coplanar with the load floor. In the d...