ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,837, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Tesla Inc. (Austin, Texas).
"Integrated components for vehicles" was invented by Marcus Stack (Palo Alto, Calif.), Mitchell Heinzmann (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Ismael Pinsonneault (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some examples relate to the configuration or management of an integrated component that provides structural component functionality for a vehicle, such as a cross member that absorbs loads placed on the vehicle. Additionally, the integrated component illustratively further provides air reservoir functionality that for one or more additional vehicle components. In some ex...