ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,344, issued on June 3, was assigned to OSHKOSH Corp. (Oshkosh, Wis.).
"Body tie-down" was invented by Matthew Mortenson (Oshkosh, Wis.), Varun Kandasamy (Oshkosh, Wis.), Kirby Sorensen (Oshkosh, Wis.), Clinton Weckwerth (Pine Island, Minn.), Zachary L. Klein (Rochester, Minn.), Jerrod Kappers (Oshkosh, Wis.), Nicholas Malm (Oshkosh, Wis.) and Jerry Shirley (Oshkosh, Wis.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A body tie-down for a chassis includes a mounting plate, a spring assembly, and a rigid member. The mounting plate is configured to fixedly couple with a body frame member with one or more fasteners, each of the fasteners including a bol...