US Patent Issued to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Toyota Jidosha on Oct. 14 for "Vehicle frunk assemblies" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,169, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano, Texas) and Toyota Jidosha K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Vehicle frunk assemblies" was invented by Jeremiah T. Hammer (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Aaron Steinhilb (Milan, Mich.), Suk Jae Ham (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Troy N. Grantham (Saline, Mich.) and Haley L. Grantham (Saline, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle frunk assembly is provided. The vehicle frunk includes a frunk housing having a bottom wall and a side wall having an interior surface and an opposite exterior surface. The interior surface of the side wall and the bottom wall d...