ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,463, issued on June 23, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Machine housing, method for producing a machine housing, and machine comprising such a machine housing" was invented by Franz Kreil (Pliening, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine housing including a first housing part, a second housing part, and two straight centering elements. Each centering element engages both in one of the first centering element receptacles and in one of the second centering element receptacles, such that the centering element receptacles connected via the centering element are aligned axially with one another, such that ...