ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,720, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Mercedes-Benz Group AG (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Bodyshell structure for an electrically driveable motor vehicle" was invented by Clemens Balke (Esslingen, Germany), Thorsten Haefner (Nuertingen, Germany) and Anja Talke (Kirchheim Teck, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bodyshell structure for an electrically driveable motor vehicle includes a ventilation channel formed by a plurality of structural components that are connected to one another and delimit respective cavities. The ventilation channel has at least one inlet opening for inflow of a venting gas that emerges from a drive battery of...