US Patent Issued to CANOO TECHNOLOGIES on Sept. 23 for "Method to reduced lateral deflection of longitudinal members in side impact" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,869, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to CANOO TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Torrence, Calif.).

"Method to reduced lateral deflection of longitudinal members in side impact" was invented by Digvijay Odhekar (Torrance, Calif.), Balasaheb Budhekar (Torrance, Calif.), William J. Rohr (Torrance, Calif.), Kurtis Ray Horner (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.), Sangjoon Han (Fullerton, Calif.) and Vidyadhar Katkar (San Pedro, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support plate and reinforcement member may be mounted within a hollow side sill between a rocker and crossmembers for a vehicle framework. The support plate may include flanges along either edge...