ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,345, issued on May 5, was assigned to Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (Germany).

"Motor vehicle with a cargo space and a cargo space well bounding the cargo space" was invented by Philipp Kellner (Renningen-Malmsheim, Germany) and Scally Rommelfanger (Bad Liebenzell, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle having a cargo space and a cargo space well bounding the cargo space, wherein the cargo space well includes at least two tray parts and a frame structure connected to the tray parts. The respective tray part includes a floor section and at least one side wall section extending from the floor section, wherein the tray parts...