ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,878, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Vehicle chassis with interchangeable performance packages and related methods" was invented by Michael John Harmon (Westland, Mich.), Hussain Z Tajmahal (Detroit), Marielle Conrad (Detroit), Benjamin Jordan Curtis (Ferndale, Mich.), David Earl Ooms (Canton, Mich.) and Yejin Han (Detroit).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vehicle chassis with interchangeable performance packages and related methods. are disclosed herein. An example vehicle chassis disclosed herein includes a frame including a first chassis portion including a cavity, a battery platf...