ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,561, issued on July 15, was assigned to Volvo Car Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Subframe assembly for a vehicle" was invented by Johan Eklund (Gothenburg, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A subframe assembly for a vehicle, including: a straight arm; and a side bracket including a base coupled to an outboard side of the straight arm; wherein the outboard side of the straight arm defines a recess; and wherein an inboard side of the base of the side bracket includes a protrusion that nests conformally within the recess defined by the outboard side of the straight arm. Top and bottom edges of the outboard side of the straight arm, th...