US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on July 15 for "Motor vehicle comprising a hard shell for protecting a fuel-carrying connecting element" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,775, issued on July 15, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Motor vehicle comprising a hard shell for protecting a fuel-carrying connecting element" was invented by Hans-Ulrich Stahl (Munich) and Christoph Warkotsch (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle includes at least one pressure vessel for storing fuel, and at least one holder for holding the pressure vessel. When installed, the holder encloses one end of the pressure vessel. The holder has a hard shell and an inner layer, wherein at least regions of the inner layer, when installed, are arranged between the hard shell and the connecting elemen...