ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,357, issued on June 3, was assigned to Wabash National LP (Lafayette, Ind.).
"Slide rail assembly and landing gear assembly with embedded hardpoint connectors" was invented by Travis Smith McCloud (Malabar, Fla.), Ronnal P. Reichard (Melbourne, Fla.), Andrzej Wylezinski (Lafayette, Ind.) and Scott A. Storz (Lafayette, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cargo vehicle is disclosed having a composite floor assembly with at least one embedded hardpoint connector. The composite floor assembly may comprise a plurality of transverse beams and at least a portion of the composite floor includes at least one embedded hardpoint connector. The...