US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on May 26 for "Inserts for base plate with apertures" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,014, issued on May 26, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Inserts for base plate with apertures" was invented by Matthew B. Rutman (Westland, Mich.), Stuart C. Salter (White Lake, Mich.), Michael M. Azzouz (Farmington, Mich.), Dan Ritz (Windsor, Canada) and David Brian Glickman (Southfield, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A base plate for an accessory attachment system includes a plurality of apertures. At least a first set of apertures of the plurality of apertures are configured to receive a mounting foot from an accessory to be mounted on the base plate. The base plate also includes an insert that...