ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,843, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Fastening arrangement of an energy store on a body floor for a motor vehicle and motor vehicle" was invented by Niklas Eberle (Munich), Christian Huber (Markt Indersdorf, Germany), Olaf Knopp (Kumhausen, Germany), Liudmila Lauer (Augsburg, Germany), Matthias Sagerer (Munich), Paul Winkler (Munich) and Sebastian Zech (Olching, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fastening arrangement of an energy store on a floor of a body for a motor vehicle is provided. The energy store is fastened to the floor of the body, wherein the floor has a central tunnel in...