ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,671, issued on June 24, was assigned to Volvo Truck Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).
"Mounting system for accessory units on a vehicle" was invented by Sebastien Ragot (Gothenburg, Sweden), Jonatan Horder (Molndal, Sweden) and Mats Axelsson (Vallda, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a system for mounting an accessory unit to a vehicle. The mounting system comprise at least one side channel attached to the accessory unit, at least one screw-strip comprising a plate with a plurality of screws fitted at pre-defined locations defined by matching mounting positions of at least one bushing. The screw-strip is displa...