MUMBAI, India, Nov. 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202514020953 A) filed by Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, Japan, on March 7, for 'vehicle lower-portion structure.'

Inventor(s) include Motoi, Daisuke; Shigihara, Takayoshi; Takasawa, Hideki; Yamamoto, Yo; Saeki, Koji; Higashihara, Katsunori; and Hayase, Jun.

The application for the patent was published on Nov. 7, under issue no. 45/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A vehicle lower-portion structure includes a battery case (12) disposed in a lower portion of a vehicle, the battery case accommodating a battery (BT), a crossmember (20) disposed on a vehicle upper side from the battery case (12), the cr...