ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,609, issued on March 17, was assigned to Zephyros Inc. (Romeo, Mich.).
"Reinforcement for a side-impact" was invented by Mathieu Schoeffter (Molsheim, France) and Gerald Bugli (Molsheim, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a reinforcement member made from a polymeric material. The present invention further relates to a vehicle comprising the reinforcement member, a method to absorb an impact on vehicle and a method to produce the reinforcement member."
The patent was filed on Jan. 6, 2021, under Application No. 17/780,132.
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