ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,411, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).
"Body structure for a motor vehicle" was invented by Riad Athmani (Munich), Alexander Boeck (Munich), Michael Hainzinger (Volkenschwand, Germany), Johannes Hasselbach (Kissing, Germany), Nermin Kecalevic (Markt Schwaben, Germany), Juergen Leschhorn (Geltendorf, Germany) and Jyrki Majamaeki (Dorfen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A body structure for a motor vehicle includes two inner sills having an undulating cross section, a floor panel arranged in the transverse direction of the vehicle between the inner sills, and two funnel-shaped force-introdu...