ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,028, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to DAIMLER TRUCK NORTH AMERICA LLC (Portland, Ore.).

"Vehicle chassis crossmember apparatuses and methods thereof" was invented by Victor Nguyen (Portland, Ore.), Mahesh Sridhar (Bangalore, India), Bryan Morriss (Portland, Ore.) and Reto Haggenmueller (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed technology relates to vehicle chassis components, including adapter plate apparatuses and vehicle chassis crossmember apparatuses. With this technology, a vehicle chassis crossmember apparatuses can be introduced between chassis rails and secured using an adapter plate apparatus, without re...