ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,385, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Daimler Truck AG (Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany).
"Underrun protector" was invented by Senthivinayagam Chandrasekaran (Bangalore, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Underrun protector including an inner member having an inner face portion extending along a vehicle width and height direction, a lateral face portion extending from an end on a first side in the vehicle height direction of the inner face portion to a rear side, and a longitudinal extension portion extending from a rear end of the lateral face portion to a second side in the vehicle height direction. An outer member has an oute...