US Patent Issued to Volvo Truck on March 25 for "Front underrun protection device for a heavy vehicle" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,968, issued on March 25, was assigned to Volvo Truck Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Front underrun protection device for a heavy vehicle" was invented by Gowtham Kannakaje Laxman (Puttur Karnataka, India), Madhuchandra Koogenahalli Sadashivaiah (Bangalore Karnataka, India), Sudhindra Keralapura Seetharamaiah (Bangalore Karnataka, India), Bharath Channappa (Bangalore Karnataka, India) and Vinay Lohith (Mysore Karnataka, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a front underrun protection device for a heavy vehicle comprising a beam configured to extend from side to side of the vehicle at a lower front position ther...