ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,256, issued on June 23, was assigned to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Motor vehicle with 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 motor vehicle having an electrical energy reservoir with a battery housing having at least one fluid outflow opening. An underride protection plate is arranged below the electrical energy reservoir. At least a first flow channel is configured between the battery housing and the underride protection plate. At least a s...