US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on July 21 for "Predetermined breaking body for a shaft of a machine, shaft having a predetermined breaking body, and machine having a shaft of this type" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,203, issued on July 21, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Predetermined breaking body for a shaft of a machine, shaft having a predetermined breaking body, and machine having a shaft of this type" was invented by Julian Mangold (Munich) and Michael Staake (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A predetermined breaking body of a shaft of a machine includes a first sub-body, a second sub-body, and a predetermined breaking element. The first and second sub-bodies are connected to one another, so as to conjointly rotate, along a longitudinal center axis of the predetermined breaking body via the predetermined breakin...