ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,263, issued on May 20, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).
"Motor vehicle having a suspension strut" was invented by Helmut Gottmann (Hohenthann / Schmatzhausen, Germany), Juergen Schippan (Assling, Germany) and Tatjana Schoierer (Haimhausen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A connection of a suspension strut to a body of a motor vehicle is provided. Motor vehicles, and in particular passenger motor vehicles, have a suspension strut for each wheel. The lower end region of the suspension strut is joined to the wheel suspension, while the upper end region of the suspension strut is connected to the body of the m...