ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,830, issued on May 13, was assigned to Kirchhoff Automotive Deutschland GmbH (Attendorn, Germany).

"Frame structural part and battery housing with a frame structure composed of such frame structural parts" was invented by Aydogan Gundogan (Plettenberg, Germany) and Alexander Schauerte (Kirchhundem, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A frame structure part for forming a frame structure for a battery housing of an electric motor vehicle with at least two hollow chamber profiles, which are connected to one another at an angle and each have at least two chambers and a mounting surface extending in the x-y plane and located on the upp...