ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,899, issued on April 7, was assigned to DAIMLER TRUCK NORTH AMERICA LLC (Portland, Ore.).

"Structural member for front box with integral fluid line" was invented by Trevor Takaro (Portland, Ore.), Rajashekar Kalarasaiah (Bangalore, India), Lokesh Pandey (Bangalore, India) and Umang Patel (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects herein relate to an elongated structural member for use on a front box structure of a vehicle, and a front box structure incorporating the elongated structural member. In some aspects the elongated structural member comprises an elongated rigid frame surrounding an internal space, with a first fl...