US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on Sept. 9 for "Front pillar structure for a motor vehicle, and motor vehicle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,894, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Front pillar structure for a motor vehicle, and motor vehicle" was invented by Bartlomiej Albinski (Freising, Germany), Alexander Boeck (Munich), Nermin Kecalevic (Markt Schwaben, Germany), Juergen Leschhorn (Geltendorf, Germany) and Marco Reisboeck (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A front pillar structure for a motor vehicle is manufactured in a shell type of construction, with a supporting carrier which reaches from a wheelhouse of the motor vehicle as far as a side sill of the front pillar structure, and with an outer shell which is connected to ...