ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,044, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC.
"Pickup truck panel" was invented by Gerardo Perez (Delegacion Tlalpan, Mexico).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pickup truck includes a passenger cabin and a pickup box having a front wall that is spaced apart from a rear wall of the passenger cabin to form a gap. An insulating structure is secured to the rear wall of the passenger cabin. The insulating structure covers at least a portion of the rear wall of the passenger cabin. The insulating structure includes a protrusion extending along a lower portion of the insulating structure. The protrusion reduces a size ...