ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,717, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Structural assembly with patterned panels" was invented by Andrew Clay Bobel (Troy, Mich.), Erik Brandon Golm (Warren, Mich.), Bradley Army Kabert (Farmington Hills, Mich.) and Nagendrakumar Palanisamy (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a structural assembly including a frame and a plurality of panels. The frame includes a wall partially defining an interior region. The plurality of panels are disposed at least partially in the interior region and coupled to the frame. The plurality of panels includes a ...