ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,510, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Vehicle comprising a transverse roof bow" was invented by Johann Haak (Moosburg an der Isar, Germany), Christian Schubert (Munich) and Jasmin Tahan (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle has a transverse roof bow of a vehicle roof. The transverse roof bow extends in the transverse direction of the vehicle, being located above a seat region for vehicle occupants in the vertical direction of the vehicle, and adjoins, at least in some regions, a region of a vehicle interior from behind in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The region represe...