US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on April 21 for "Energy absorbing foldable structure for vehicle" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,113, issued on April 21, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Energy absorbing foldable structure for vehicle" was invented by Nilesh D. Mankame (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Manuel Forero Rueda (Royal Oak, Mich.), Hanif Muhammad (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Paul E. Krajewski (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy absorbing structure of a vehicle includes an energy absorbing structure including a plurality of interconnected structural members positioned at the vehicle. The energy absorbing structure is selectably transformable between a stowed position and a deployed position, and the plurality of interconn...