ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,660, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to ADLER PELZER HOLDING GMBH (Hagen, Germany).

"Fully enclosing engine or unit capsule of a motor vehicle with air cushion foil" was invented by Frank Riederer (Witten, Germany), Thomas Karcz (Dortmund, Germany) and Volkmar Schulze (Schierling, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a fully enclosing engine or unit capsule of a motor vehicle with an air cushion foil, whereby the acoustic component properties can be significantly influenced, tuned."

The patent was filed on April 14, 2021, under Application No. 17/916,988.

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