ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,976, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Spring support for a motor vehicle" was invented by Lars Focke (Hallbergmoos, Germany), Richard Gralka (Munich), Michael Hainzinger (Volkenschwand, Germany), Matthias Neuhauser (Munich) and Johannes Pauli (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spring support for a motor vehicle has a lower flange in a motor vehicle vertical direction for fastening the spring support to an engine support extending in a front-end structure of the motor vehicle along the motor vehicle longitudinal direction, an upper flange in a motor vehicle vertical direction for fasten...