US Patent Issued to AUDI on July 21 for "Auxiliary frame for a vehicle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,440, issued on July 21, was assigned to AUDI AG (Ingolstadt, Germany).

"Auxiliary frame for a vehicle" was invented by Marek Bujak (Wellheim, Germany), Jorg Eickstadt (Gaimersheim, Germany), Dominik Mohrlock (Buxheim, Germany), Stefan Rugies (Ingolstadt, Germany) and Andreas Weber (Ingolstadt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A subframe for a vehicle, with a unit mounting, in which a unit support is pivotably connected to a unit bearing on the subframe about a bearing axis. The unit bearing is axially fastened on both sides to a respective bracket wing of a bearing bracket of the subframe. The unit bearing is arranged in an inn...