US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on June 3 for "Deformation device and bumper of a motor vehicle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,214, issued on June 3, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Deformation device and bumper of a motor vehicle" was invented by Oeztzan Akif (Munich) and Arne Koehler (Pliening, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deformation device for attaching to a crossmember of a bumper and for converting impact energy onto a lighting device has at least two deformation elements arranged in series and orientated in the same direction. The deformation device also has a support element which can be secured to a crossmember of a bumper, wherein the at least two deformation elements are secured to the support element. Each deform...