ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,714, issued on July 28, was assigned to RASSINI SUSPENSIONES S.A. DE C.V. (County Molino del Rey, Mexico).

"Recessed leaf spring suspension system" was invented by Brent Collyer (Northville, Mich.), Jose Guadalupe Ruiz Juarez (Coahuila, Mexico), Juan Pablo Garcia Osuna (Coahuila, Mexico), Angel Fabian Mijangos (Coahuila, Mexico), Eddy Alfaro Lopez (Coahuila, Mexico) and Juan Luis Zapata Nava (Coahuila, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A leaf spring suspension system for a vehicle includes an axle. The leaf spring suspension system includes a leaf spring having a top side, a bottom side, and a pair of side edges, wherein at least...