ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,431, issued on April 29, was assigned to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (Germany).
"Motor vehicle and a monitoring method" was invented by Philipp Kellner (Renningen, Germany), Teiwen Fehse (Stuttgart, Germany) and Christopher Volkmer (Niefern-Oschelbronn, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle, in particular an at least partly electrically driven motor vehicle, has a battery device with at least one battery cell. The battery device is arranged in a floor region of the motor vehicle and has a protective device for protecting the battery device from mechanical action. The protective device has a protective plate, which is ...