ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,089, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).
"Electric vehicle having motor shield" was invented by Duncan Scholtes (London), Matthew Sykes (Wickford, Great Britain), Daniel Charters (Hullbridge, Great Britain), Morteza Kiani (Troy, Mich.) and Tyler Powell (Benfleet, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric vehicle includes a pair of opposed brackets, an attachment structure, a plate, and bushings. The pair of opposed brackets are configured to be secured to a motor of the electric vehicle. The attachment structure includes a cross bar and a pair of lower legs. The cross bar ...