US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on May 19 for "Deployable halo for open-air vehicle" (Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,106, issued on May 19, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Deployable halo for open-air vehicle" was invented by Luis Rodrigo Del Aguila (Lomas de Valle Dorado, Mexico) and Asahel Mendoza (Mexico City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protection system for an open-air vehicle includes a left track, a right track, a front carrier, and a front plate. The tracks are fixed relative to a frame longitudinally forward of a cabin of the open-air vehicle. The tracks are elongated longitudinally and parallel. The front carrier is engaged with the tracks. The front carrier is slidable along the tracks between a front ...