ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,507, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to MAHTISONNI OY (Jyvaskyla, Finland).
"Method of manufacturing tubular hollow profile vehicle frame parts" was invented by Leo Kokkonen (Jyvaskyla, Finland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a hollow vehicle frame part includes: removing material from a first side of a first billet to create a first inner shape of a target vehicle frame such a substantially angled faying surface remains adjacent to the first inner shape; removing material from a first side of a second billet to create a second inner shape, such that a substantially angled faying surface is left on the first s...