ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,066, issued on March 25, was assigned to Caterpillar Inc. (Peoria, Ill.).
"Space frame kinetic front suspension fabrication" was invented by David O. Zalanka (Mt Zion, Ill.), Jacob W. Bell (Decatur, Ill.) and Timothy D. Harman (Decatur, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A front suspension transition, which can be a fabrication, can comprise: a body having a first end and a second end opposite the first end; a first pair of ribs on a first side of the body; a second pair of ribs on a second side of the body opposite the first side of the body; and a connection interface on the second end of the body, the connection interface being ...