ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,886, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Floor assembly for a motor vehicle, motor vehicle and method for producing a floor assembly" was invented by Hanno Pfitzer (Furth, Germany), Rudolf Schilling (Ergolding, Germany), Manuel Schurz (Landshut, Germany) and Jean-Marc Segaud (Landshut, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A floor assembly for a motor vehicle has a front chassis module, in particular a front axle support, and a rear chassis module, in particular a rear axle support, as well as a housing of a stored electrical energy source, which is situated between the chassis modules as seen i...