ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,204, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Kirchhoff Automotive Deutschland GmbH (Attendorn, Germany).
"Bumper crossmember and vehicle provided therewith" was invented by Stephan Lagin (Attendorn, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bumper crossmember having a profiled carrier profile, which extends with its longitudinal direction in the vehicle transverse direction (y direction) and has portions with a U-shaped profile in the z direction at least on the end sides formed by two limbs and a profile base connecting the two limbs, and a widening element profiled in the z direction, connected to each end side of the carrier profile, vi...