US Patent Issued to Volkswagen on June 30 for "Motor vehicle body with a lateral part structure, in particular a column, and method for assembling a motor vehicle body comprising such a lateral part structure" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,310, issued on June 30, was assigned to Volkswagen AG (Wolfsburg, Germany).

"Motor vehicle body with a lateral part structure, in particular a column, and method for assembling a motor vehicle body comprising such a lateral part structure" was invented by Christian Schwering (Gross Hesepe, Germany) and Thomas Paulsen (Wolfsburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle body having a lateral part structure, at least partly comprising a pillar outer shell, a pillar inner shell that is connected to the pillar outer shell, and a door hinge reinforcement element that is arranged in an intermediate space between the pillar ou...