ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,841, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Vehicle with bumper and crush cans" was invented by Mohammad Omar Faruque (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Dean M. Jaradi (Macomb, Mich.), S.M. Iskander Farooq (Novi, Mich.) and Saeed D. Barbat (Novi, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a frame and a bumper. The vehicle includes a first crush can attached to the frame. The first crush can is between the frame and the bumper. The first crush can has a first length. The vehicle includes a second crush can attached to the frame. The second crush can is between the frame and the bumper. The seco...