ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,529, issued on April 8, was assigned to Volvo Truck Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Vehicle frame and cross-member arrangement" was invented by Rasanjaya Ankanahalli Ramegowda (Karnataka, India) and Shreeharsha Akkur Ramabhadraiah (Gothenburg, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a vehicle frame comprising first and second parallel frame rails and multiple cross-members connecting the frame rails, wherein the vehicle frame has at least one cross-member with an integrated fluid tank. The at least one cross-member and fluid tank comprises an intermediate tank section with open end portions, where each end portion...