ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,308, issued on July 1, was assigned to AUTOTECH ENGINEERING S.L. (Bizkaia, Spain).
"Vehicle structure" was invented by Hans Bodin (Sodra Sunderbyn, Sweden), Stefan Arvidsson (Pitea, Sweden), Robert Viklund (Lulea, Sweden) and Sergi Marquez Duran (Barcelona, Spain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle structure comprising a portion extending in a longitudinal direction, wherein the portion comprises a first member extending in the longitudinal direction and a second member extending in the longitudinal direction. The first member is configured to face an inside of a vehicle, and the second member is configured to face an outside of ...