ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,806, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Mounting structure for electric vehicle" was invented by Vladimir Vladimirovich Bogachuk (West Bloomfield, Mich.), Kevin A. Gustafson (S. Rockwood, Mich.) and Robert Reiners (Ypsilanti, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A single monolithic body extends in a longitudinal direction and includes multiple closed sections stacked vertically. A first end portion of the single monolithic body extends from one of the closed sections into an adjacent closed section, and a second end portion of the single monolithic body extends from one of the closed s...