ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,879, issued on July 1, was assigned to Shape Corp. (Grand Haven, Mich.).
"Vehicle battery tray with tubular peripheral wall" was invented by Joseph Robert Matecki (Allendale, Mich.), Mark Charles Stephens (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Matthew Kuipers (Holland, Mich.) and Zehua Qin (Norton Shores, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery tray for a vehicle includes a peripheral tubular member that borders at least a lateral side of a battery containment area relative to the vehicle. A crush section is attached along an outboard side of the peripheral tubular member. The crush section includes an outboard wall portion, an upper leg porti...