ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,458, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (Germany).
"Motor vehicle" was invented by Hans-Jurgen Schmitt (Muehlacker, Germany) and Mirko Floreck (Eberdingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle having a bearing structure, which includes a shell having a crossbeam, which is integrated into the bearing structure with its opposite ends between two B-pillars. A respective side impact support is combined with a crash pad between the opposite ends of the crossbeam and the B-pillars, which side impact support constitutes a second load path emanating from the affected B-pillar in case of a side im...