US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on May 5 for "Clamp assembly for vehicle battery configured to interface with locking lug nut key" (Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,359, issued on May 5, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Clamp assembly for vehicle battery configured to interface with locking lug nut key" was invented by Miguel Angel Figueroa Tamayo (Naucalpan, Mexico), Oscar Xavier Hurtado Reynoso (Alvaro Obregon, Mexico), Luis Angel Mota Hernandez (Ecatepec, Mexico) and Saulo Ivann Garcia Vega (Mexico City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clamp assembly configured to hold a battery in place is configured to interface with a locking lug nut key. The clamp assembly provides a balance between preventing unintended movement or displacement of the battery, without overly...