US Patent Issued to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche on Feb. 17 for "Vehicle having a bulkhead for a gas channel between a battery system and an underride protection plate" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,463, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (Germany).

"Vehicle having a bulkhead for a gas channel between a battery system and an underride protection plate" was invented by Philipp Kellner (Renningen-Malmsheim, Germany), Christopher Volkmer (Niefern-Oschelbronn, Germany) and Simon FrieB (Kuchen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle, in particular having an electric drive, wherein the vehicle includes a battery system and an underride protection plate. The underride protection plate is arranged in the vehicle at least partially under the battery system. A gas channel is configured between the bat...