MUMBAI, India, May 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202341072751 A) filed by Heavy Vehicles Factory, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, on Oct. 25, 2023, for 'a novel hard and porous chromium plating process of rear flange rh & lh components.'

Inventor(s) include P D Shankar.

The application for the patent was published on May 2, under issue no. 18/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention discloses a novel hard and porous chromium plating process of rear flange Rh & Lh components comprising a fixture designed to accommodate at least one component, equipped with an integrated, removable anode, a cathode bus bar, and a polypropylene spacer. This uniquely desig...