US Patent Issued to MAGNA INTERNATIONAL on Dec. 23 for "Frame assembly and integral battery structure" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,944, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to MAGNA INTERNATIONAL INC. (Aurora, Canada).

"Frame assembly and integral battery structure" was invented by Kevin R. Langworthy (Grand Blanc, Mich.), Joseph Yaldo (Troy, Mich.), Ryan Warpup (Orion, Mich.), Sunny Kharbanda (Rochester Hills, Mich.) and Shrikanth Gujjal (Rochester Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A frame assembly for an automobile includes a pair of front frame rails disposed in spaced relationship with a pair of rear frame rails. An upper cover is connected to and extends between the pair of front frame rails and the pair of rear frame rails to define a roof portion. Th...