ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,698, issued on May 27, was assigned to Jilin Weichuang Electromechanical Engineering Co. Ltd. (Changchun, China).

"Integrated axle assembly and structural assembly" was invented by Jilong Yu (Jilin, China), Ruiyuan Tian (Jilin, China) and Hongyu Zhu (Jilin, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided discloses an integrated axle assembly and structural assembly. The integrated axle assembly comprises an axle tube assembly extending in a first direction; a front support arm extending circumferentially from the axle tube assembly in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction for attachment to the frame; a rear support ar...