US Patent Issued to AM General on July 22 for "Vehicle frame rails with swaged spacer connection and methods of manufacturing vehicle frame rails" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,396, issued on July 22, was assigned to AM General LLC (South Bend, Ind.).

"Vehicle frame rails with swaged spacer connection and methods of manufacturing vehicle frame rails" was invented by Jeffrey R. Spehar (Northville, Mich.) and Poparad N. Hariton (Farmington Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle frame rail includes a first half having a hole, a second half having a hole, and a spacer. The second half is connected to the first half such that the hole in the first half is aligned with the hole in the second half and so as to form an enclosed space between the first half and the second half. The spacer has a first ...