US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on Oct. 27 for "Cross car beam" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,039, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Cross car beam" was invented by Aurelien Pierre Christian Delaruelle (Yarraville, Australia), Paul Madavanakkatt (Craigieburn, Australia) and Prakash Shrestha (Mulgrave, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A structural support apparatus is configured to extend laterally through a vehicle. The apparatus includes a beam defining an open channel. The open channel is configured to receive a loom of wiring. The beam includes a first extremity wall, and a second extremity wall spaced from the first extremity wall by the open channel. The structura...