ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,904, issued on June 24, was assigned to Ameri-Kart Corp. (Akron, Ohio).
"Vehicle underbelly structure" was invented by Anandh Raj Marimuthu (Elkhart, Ind.), Joshua A. Parks (Bristol, Ind.) and Jeremy R. Delcamp (Bristol, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A panel has a first edge portion defining a first end of the panel, and a second edge portion defining a second end of the panel. The length of the panel is predetermined for the panel to reach across a vehicle chassis frame in an installed position in which the first edge portion rests on a side beam and the second edge portion rests on an opposite side beam. The panel further has...