US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on July 28 for "Structural assembly having pockets" (Massachusetts Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,944, issued on July 28, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Structural assembly having pockets" was invented by Conor Daniel Hennessey (South Hadley, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A structural assembly for a vehicle includes a cast body having a main wall, a non-circular shaped pocket formed in the main wall, and at least one mounting feature. The pocket is defined at least partially by a base wall and an arcuate wall. The base wall has a first end and a second opposing end. The arcuate wall extends in a first direction from the first end of the base wall to the main wall. The arcuate wall also ext...