ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,855, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to AUTOTECH ENGINEERING S.L. (Amorebieta-Etxano, Spain).

"Structural members for a vehicle and methods" was invented by Sergi Marquez Duran (Rajadell, Spain), Mireia Illana Gregori (Barcelona, Spain) and Jordi Herranz Tomas (Sant Boi de Llobregat, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Structural members for a vehicle at least partially configured for supporting bending loads and methods for manufacturing such structural members are provided. A structural member includes a main piece with a substantially U-shaped cross-section comprising a bottom, a first side wall and a second side wall, wherein the ...