US Patent Issued to FCA US on Sept. 29 for "Vertical storage module for vehicle bed system" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,980, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Vertical storage module for vehicle bed system" was invented by Gregory Vandervoord (Clarkston, Mich.), Dan M Zimmermann (West Bloomfield, Mich.) and Mark C Trostle (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a vehicle body having a truck bed at least partially defined by a floor, a forward wall, sidewalls, and a tailgate. A pair of outboard support bars are each coupled to and extend over one sidewall, and a vertical inner open area is defined between the support bar and the sidewall. A vertical storage module is disposed in t...