ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,164, issued on April 14, was assigned to DELTA WHEELS LLC (Orchard Lake, Mich.).

"Delta wheel" was invented by Armin Von Czarnowski (Orchard Lake, Mich.), Peter Von Czarnowski (Orchard Lake, Mich.) and Dirk Uffelmann (Ering, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wheel for a vehicle comprises a rim to support a tire and a wheel disc connected to the rim and configured to engage an axle hub of a vehicle. The wheel disc comprises one or more spokes extending outwardly from a center section of the wheel disc to the rim, each spoke being formed by a substantially planar curbside spoke member and a substantially planar inside spoke mem...