ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,666, issued on March 11, was assigned to Farian Inc. (Temecula, Calif.).

"Guard impact ground vehicle system" was invented by Arran Mozafarian (Temecula, Calif.) and Ramin Mozafarian (Temecula, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a system for guarding a vehicle from an incoming collision. The system can include a plurality of electromagnetic panels installed on a vehicle, each electromagnetic panel being configured to, in response to receiving current, generate a magnetic field comprising field lines external from the vehicle, wherein the magnetic field interacts with a second magnet...