ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,512, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to HBPO GmbH (Lippstadt, Germany).

"Front vehicle module, and vehicle comprising a front vehicle module" was invented by Jonathan Friedrich (Wickede, Germany), Daniel Knorr (Bielefeld, Germany) and Tobias Tegethoff (Lichtenau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle front module having a loading compartment cavity with a receiving area for loading objects, in particular luggage. The loading compartment cavity has an opening, a base, and a wall arranged between the opening and the base. A front reinforcement structure which extends in a transverse direction transversely to the drive direct...