US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on May 27 for "Body structure for vehicle having reinforcement assembly" (Michigan, Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,007, issued on May 27, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Body structure for vehicle having reinforcement assembly" was invented by Michael James Freeman (Allen Park, Mich.) and Nicholas Stone Nace (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle body structure includes a vehicle pillar and a unitized reinforcement bracket. The unitized reinforcement bracket is mounted to the vehicle pillar and includes a reinforcement body and one or more stanchions. The reinforcement body extends along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle pillar. The stanchions are located at an inboard side of the vehicle ...