ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,004, issued on May 27, was assigned to F-TECH INC. (Kuki, Japan) and Honda Motor Co. Ltd (Tokyo).
"Subframe for vehicle" was invented by Tomoyuki Yokota (Tochigi, Japan) and Toshiyuki Kawabata (Wako, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a lower member of a subframe for a vehicle, a middle portion between an outer-side portion and an inner-side portion includes an outer-side curved bottom portion and an inner-side curved bottom portion. Adjacently-positioned closed cross-sections are provided corresponding to at least a portion of the outer-side curved bottom portion and the inner-side curved bottom portion, the adjacently-position...