US Patent Issued to Volvo Truck on May 12 for "Instep enclosure arrangement for a cabin of a vehicle" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,602, issued on May 12, was assigned to Volvo Truck Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Instep enclosure arrangement for a cabin of a vehicle" was invented by Arvind M (Tamil Nadu, India), Gangubai Hegde (Thindlu, India) and Madhuchandra K S (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An instep enclosure arrangement for a cabin of a vehicle, comprising at least one instep portion, a retractable cover for enclosing access to the instep portion in a closed orientation, and a displaceable mechanical linkage assembly for operatively connecting the retractable cover with a door of the vehicle, whereby the retractable cover is configured to mo...