ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,858, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Kirchhoff Automotive Deutschland GmbH (Attendorn, Germany).

"Instrument panel carrier for a motor vehicle" was invented by Stephan Lagin (Attendorm, Germany) and Jan Gobel (Netphen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An instrument panel carrier for a motor vehicle comprising at least two carrier parts following the longitudinal extension of the instrument panel carrier. The two carrier parts are spaced apart from one another by their facing end sections and connected to one another by a carrier part connector. The carrier part connector is profiled in the form of a laterally opening profile i...