ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,533,936, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Resilient coupling element for a motor vehicle having at least one coupling element" was invented by Josef Stenger (Raubling, Germany) and Lukas Stumbaum (Landsberied, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A resilient coupling element for a motor vehicle, which is to be placed between an energy store housing structure and a passenger compartment floor structure, is made of a spring sheet or plate. A motor vehicle having an energy store housing structure and a passenger compartment floor structure, includes the coupling element of the aforementioned kind b...