ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,812, issued on March 31, was assigned to LISA DRAEXLMAIER GMBH (Vilsbiburg, Germany).

"Cross car beam for a vehicle" was invented by Istvan Adam (Budapest, Hungary) and Wolfgang Baba (Landshut, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a cross car beam for a vehicle, the cross car beam including a first main body extending in a longitudinal direction from a first end to a second end. The first main body has a u-shaped cross section following the longitudinal direction. The cross car beam is formed integrally by at least one fiber reinforced polymer."

The patent was filed on Oct. 4, 2023, under Applica...