ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,408, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Vehicle roof structure" was invented by Adam Weyrauch (Canton, Mich.), Steven Frank (Dearborn, Mich.), Jack Lashbrook (Garden City, Mich.) and Rohit Telukunta (Novi, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle roof structure of a vehicle includes an outer roof panel and a unitized inner roof panel. The inner roof panel is separate from the outer roof panel and is secured to the outer roof panel. The inner roof panel includes roof headers, a roof bow, and support braces. The roof headers are spaced apart from each other and extend in a transver...