US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Nov. 25 for "Vehicle structural assembly having strut caps" (Massachusetts, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,513, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Vehicle structural assembly having strut caps" was invented by Conor Daniel Hennessey (South Hadley, Mass.), Vladimir Vladimirovich Bogachuk (West Bloomfield, Mich.), Ari Garo Caliskan (Canton, Mich.) and Musheeruddin Zubair Syed (Farmington Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A structural assembly for a vehicle that includes a main body, a left apron, a right apron, a left strut cap, and a right strut cap. The left apron is fixed to a left upper rail and defines a first opening extending therethrough. The right apron is fixed to a right ...