ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,703, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Stellantis Auto SAS (Poissy, France).

"Device for reinforcing a rear axle of a vehicle, in particular a motor vehicle" was invented by Lu Yang (Velizy Villacoublay, France), Stephane Fonfrede (Belfort, France), Marc Peru (Chatenay Malabry, France), Matthieu Chermat (Ermont, France) and Marie Dominique Le Blay (Bonnelles, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates in particular to a device for reinforcing a rear axle of a vehicle, which comprises an electric motor and a fuel tank having a concavity able to provide passage for an exhaust pipe. The vehicle comprises a vehicle floo...