US Patent Issued to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche on April 22 for "Rear portion of a body of a motor vehicle" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,831, issued on April 22, was assigned to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (Germany).

"Rear portion of a body of a motor vehicle" was invented by Dominik Thum (Pforzheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rear portion of a body of a motor vehicle includes a shell, which at least partially delimits the rear portion from an environment with the aid of a panel element. For absorbing compressive forces (DK) and tensile forces (ZK) acting on the rear portion, the rear portion includes a first support element and a second support element, wherein the first support element is designed to absorb the compressive forces (DK) and the second sup...