US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on Nov. 25 for "Energy absorption device with pedestrian protection function for a motor vehicle" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,396, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Energy absorption device with pedestrian protection function for a motor vehicle" was invented by Oeztzan Akif (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy absorption device with a pedestrian protection function for a motor vehicle includes a deformation structure which can be deformed based on pulses at different force levels in a switchable manner. The energy absorption device additionally has a sensor console which is arranged parallel to the deformation structure and which protrudes in the deformation direction beyond the deformation structure in t...