US Patent Issued to Volvo Truck on April 15 for "Vehicle frame assembly having an energy absorbing device" (Indian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,454, issued on April 15, was assigned to Volvo Truck Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Vehicle frame assembly having an energy absorbing device" was invented by Satbir Sohal (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The vehicle frame assembly comprises a frame having two rails, an electric subassembly secured between the rails, and an energy absorbing device secured to the frame rearward of the electric subassembly. It comprises at least one elongate member having, in the normal state, a mounting portion secured to the frame, with a transverse segment; and a leg extending downwards and facing the electric subassembly along the longi...