US Patent Issued to Advanced Flow Engineering on Aug. 11 for "Sway bar bushing bracket with tow hook" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,222, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Advanced Flow Engineering Inc. (Corona, Calif.).

"Sway bar bushing bracket with tow hook" was invented by James Erik Provencher (Norco, Calif.), Saul Zambrano (Corona, Calif.), Shahriar Nick Niakan (Anaheim Hills, Calif.), Stuart Miyagishima (Corona, Calif.) and John Gray (Corona, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Currently, some work vehicles and/or off-road vehicles come from the manufacturer lacking tow hooks-or even a strong point on the rear bumper assembly and/or the chassis to install a tow hook. A non-limiting example of this sort of vehicle is the Toyota Tundra. It is highly desira...