From what I can gather patenting something is a useful tool of litigation - it doesn't mean that you've safe guarded your idea / invention at all. You need lots of money to fight off those who have copied it. There are many out there who will copy but alter slightly so that they can "legally" make something similar...

I wouldn't waste your time making a patent at a personal level. I'd find some rich large company (who you can trust!) who would be interested in the idea.

Don't expect anything to do with patents to be fair.

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1992 W201 190E 1.8 171,000 km - Daily driver
1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

I'm here to chat about cars and to help others - I'm not here "to always be right" like an internet warrior



Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!