ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,101, issued on July 29, was assigned to NIKOLA Corp. (Phoenix).
"Support system for an alternative fuel heavy vehicle" was invented by Ralf Gaessler (Ulm, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle provided with a frame (1) comprising two side members (2, 3) connected together at least by a cross member (4), an alternative fuel module (6) and a support system (5) connected to the frame (1) for supporting the alternative fuel module (6), the support system (5) comprising at least a first support element (7) and a second support element (8), both being configured to be fixedly connected to the alternative fuel module (6) via coup...