ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,272, issued on June 10, was assigned to The Shyft Group Inc. (Charlotte, Mich.).
"Rear suspension assembly" was invented by Johann Pieter Eloff (Fort Wayne, Ind.), Heinz Hentschel (Belleville, Mich.) and Douglas E. Peirce (West Bloomfield, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle chassis with a first frame rail and a second frame rail. There is rear suspension with a first leaf spring and a second leaf spring each pivotally connected to the first and second frame rails, respectively. In some embodiments, the rear suspension includes a first shackle assembly connecting the first leaf spring with the first frame rail such that th...