ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,117, issued on June 30, was assigned to FR8 Technology Ltd. (Birmingham, Great Britain).
"Vehicle and suspension arm assembly" was invented by Thomas Hughes (Cheshire, Great Britain) and Aniruddha Shrikant Kabra (West Midlands, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle (8) comprising a vehicle body (81), a ground-engaging wheel (7), a suspension arm (1) by means of which the wheel (7) is mounted on the vehicle body (81), an electric motor/generator (2) with a mechanical driveline by means of which the motor/generator (2) is connected to the wheel (7) such that rotation of the wheel (7) about a wheel axis (B) may be drive...