ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,967, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to ZEPHYROS INC. (Romeo, Mich.).

"Carrier to reinforce a frame of a vehicle and method of making" was invented by Nuria Ignes (Molsheim, France), Bill Barz (Romeo, Mich.) and Manuel Kesseler (Molsheim, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present teachings generally relate to a carrier and method of making the carrier, the carrier comprising: a periphery having: an outer edge, arranged distally along a transverse axis of the carrier, configured to be oriented away from a frame enclosure of a vehicle, an inner edge, arranged distally along the transverse axis, configured to be oriented toward th...