ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,217, issued on June 3, was assigned to Kirchhoff Automotive Deutschland GmbH (Attendorn, Germany).
"Bumper crossbeam for a motor vehicle" was invented by Marco Toller (Cologne, Germany), Alexander Gunther (Olpe, Germany), Lena Kremer (Finnentrop, Germany) and Maria Schmitt (Attendorn, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bumper cross member for a motor vehicle, having a crossmember extending transversely to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, and two crashboxes connected thereto and designed as hollow chamber sections. Each crashbox is connected with its end facing away from the vehicle to the crossmember in a respective end sec...