ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,039, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to TEXTRON INNOVATIONS INC. (Providence, R.I.).
"Reconfigurable vehicle" was invented by Matthew James Zaremba (Evans, Ga.), Robert Brady (Sarasota, Fla.), Erik Holmen (Lakewood Rance, Fla.) and Scott Wohlgamuth (Martinez, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A front body assembly for a vehicle, wherein the front body assembly comprises a bumper and wheel-well assembly, a cowl connectable to the front bumper and wheel-well assembly, and a utility bay disposed in one of the front bumper and wheel-well assembly and the front cowl. The utility bay comprises one or more headlight pocket and mounting and s...