ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,080, issued on Aug. 19.
"Trailing arm for a vehicle" was invented by Stephen Kariniemi (Phoenix).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An All-Terrain Vehicle with a frame, a rear axle and at least a rear trailing arm. The rear trailing arm may attach to the vehicle frame frontward of the rear axle and may enter a wheel hub space partially frontwards of the rear axle and attach to an inset wheel hub. The rear trailing arm may have multiple tubular portions including a frame tubular portion and a wheel tubular portion. The frame tubular portion and wheel tubular portion are attached together at approximately 90 degrees. The wheel tubular porti...