ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,182, issued on March 18, was assigned to BYD Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).
"Body frame joint and vehicle having same" was invented by Wang Peng (Shenzhen, China), Fengshou Huang (Shenzhen, China), Zhiqiang Wang (Shenzhen, China) and Zhen Chen (Shenzhen, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A body frame and a vehicle having the same are provided. The body frame includes: a transverse beam, provided with a transverse sliding groove; a longitudinal beam, connected with the transverse beam and provided with a longitudinal sliding groove; and a joint, disposed at a junction of the transverse beam and the longitudinal beam and mounted to th...