US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on Feb. 24 for "Beam structure for a body of a motor vehicle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,052, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Beam structure for a body of a motor vehicle" was invented by Oeztzan Akif (Munich), Christian Hack (Schweitenkirchen, Germany) and Markus Stolp (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A beam structure for a body of a motor vehicle includes at least two shock-absorbing beam elements, which extend substantially in a longitudinal direction and each have a first outer wall, a second outer wall running substantially parallel to the first outer wall, and an inner wall running substantially parallel to the first outer wall and to the second outer wall. At least o...