US Patent Issued to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche on March 3 for "Underride protection device and method for producing an underride protection device" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,024, issued on March 3, was assigned to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (Germany).

"Underride protection device and method for producing an underride protection device" was invented by Markus Grupp (Steinheim am Albuch, Germany) and Salvatore Maltisotto (Gaufelden, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An underride protection device for a battery-electric vehicle, having a sandwich arrangement with a core layer arranged between an upper cover layer and a lower cover layer made of a fiber-reinforced plastic material. In order to functionally improve the underride protection device, ribs are arranged on the upper cover layer, which are ma...