ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,346,637, issued on July 1, was assigned to Detroit Engineered Products Inc. (Troy, Mich.).

"Automated modelling system" was invented by Radhakrishnan Mariappasamy (Troy, Mich.) and Raymond E. Chaney (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated modelling system for automatically and quickly creating computer-aided-engineering model of body in white structures such as members, braces, and joints based on limited inputs from a user. The automated modelling system generally includes a computer system which receives various inputs from the user, including but not limited to trajectories, axis along height, any base componen...