ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,979, issued on April 21, was assigned to Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Lower arm for vehicle suspension" was invented by Takuya Yamashita (Kanagawa, Japan), Yunosuke Yamada (Kanagawa, Japan) and Kohei Nishikawa (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lower arm for an automotive vehicle suspension includes a main body part including first, second and third mounting portions. The first mounting portion extends inward in a vehicle width direction and is attached at a distal end thereof to a vehicle body side. The second mounting portion extends inward in the vehicle width direction and is attached at a distal end ...