ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,438, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Volvo Truck Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Vehicle with a gap between the chassis and the cab closed by a sealing device" was invented by Gangaram Baliram Eakmbe (Maharashtra, India) and Akansha Vohra (Uttarakhand, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The vehicle comprises a chassis that includes at least one chassis front panel, and a driving cab mounted on the chassis by a suspension allowing the driving cab to move at least vertically relative to the chassis when the vehicle is driven on-road, the driving cab comprising, for the chassis front panel, a cab front panel disposed above and in vert...