ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,230, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to NURO INC. (Mountain View, Calif.).
"Method and apparatus for securing a vehicle" was invented by Marcus Johan Strom (Phoenix), Jonathan Henry Dearing (Winnie, Texas) and Trevor Shuman (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one aspect, a securement system configured to secure wheels of a vehicle against a surface, e.g., a surface on a transport vehicle, includes one or more locking mechanisms that are dynamically adjustable to engage the wheels. A locking mechanism may include mechanical structures such as prongs or fingers which are configured to apply forces to a wheel to effecti...