ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,581, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Fastening arrangement for a bush shaft fixed to a vehicle body" was invented by Thomas Klawunn (Dingolfing, Germany), Carsten Lankenau (Munich), Marco Parisi (Munich) and Tatjana Schoierer (Haimhausen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastening arrangement for a vehicle-body-mounted bush shaft. The bush shaft is fastenable in a U-shaped structure. The bush shaft has a base extending in an XY direction and has first and second side pieces extending in a Z direction. The bush shaft is arrangeable on the base. The fastening arrangement includes a first ...