ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,343, issued on Feb. 10.
"Regional manufacture and assembly of vehicle and vehicle structure" was invented by Rudy Wilson (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) and Martin Geoffrey O'Connor (South Chailey, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of regional vehicle assembly and distribution are disclosed. A system of regional vehicle assembly and distribution includes a regional site, an assembly point, and a distribution point. A method comprises aggregating confirmed vehicle orders from the distribution point arranging the manufacturing and assembling at regional sites of primary vehicle structures and exterior and interior componen...