MUMBAI, India, July 25 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202514002444 A) filed by Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd., Aichi, Japan, on Jan. 10, for 'vehicle beam.'

Inventor(s) include Hiroki Takai; Daisuke Nagano; Tetsuya Kawamura; and Shuji Kanamoto.

The application for the patent was published on July 25, under issue no. 30/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A vehicle beam extends in a vehicle width direction within an instrument panel of a vehicle to support the instrument panel. The vehicle beam includes a tubular duct body portion, a peripheral portion connected to the duct body portion, and a beam shell portion made of a resin material. The beam shell portion is divided...