ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,233,939, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to PLASAN SASA LTD. (Kibbutz Sasa, Israel).

"Vehicle body in white and method for its manufacturing" was invented by Felix Aizik (Kibbutz Sasa, Israel) and Nir Kahn (Nahariya, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle BIW sub-assembly comprising two or more structural members each having at least one engaging portion. The engaging portions of at least two of the structural members being connected to each other by a node unit formed of two or more shell members assembled with each other. The node unit having at least two designated sockets, each snugly receiving one engaging portion of one of...