ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,525, issued on March 4, was assigned to METALSA INDIA PVT LTD. (New Delhi).
"Modular air tank cross member" was invented by Ganesh Gulab Kale (Pune, India), Jaideep Pradeep Gurav (Pune, India), Kaustubha Vishweshwar Bhinge (Pune, India), Raviraj Dattatray Hase (Pune, India), Erik Ostergaard (Roanoke, Va.) and Adolfo Suarez Maxwell (Roanoke, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides for an improved air tank cross member deployable in a vehicle chassis. The ATCM comprises one or more structural elements comprising a tube forming an enclosure for holding a compressed fluid and having mounting extensions on an out...