ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,295, issued on May 20, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Energy store floor assembly" was invented by Jan Danneberg (Munich), Michael Hainzinger (Volkenschwand, Germany), Nermin Kecalevic (Markt Schwaben, Germany), Ingo Kuwalefsky (Markt Schwaben, Germany) and Juergen Leschhorn (Geltendorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy store floor assembly for an electrically driven motor vehicle includes an electrical energy store device, which is accommodated in a multi-part store housing and is situated on the underside of a vehicle floor of the energy store floor assembly. To create an energy store floor a...