ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,742, issued on May 13, was assigned to Nissan North America Inc. (Franklin, Tenn.).
"Vehicle light bracket assembly" was invented by Neelamkumar Deshpande (Novi, Mich.) and Raghu Chervu (Farmington Hills, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light bracket assembly includes a mounting bracket and a hollow member. The mounting bracket is configured to be connected to a sport bar of a vehicle. The mounting bracket includes an upper member, a lower member, and at least one support member. The lower member is configured to be connected to the sport bar. The least one support member extends between the upper member and the lower member. ...