ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,835, issued on April 22, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle body lower structure" was invented by Kenichi Ando (Saitama, Japan), Kei Ambo (Saitama, Japan), Yuki Nakamura (Saitama, Japan), Yoshiteru Hoshida (Tokyo), Hidefumi Nihei (Tokyo) and Yasunari Miyauchi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides a vehicle body lower structure, which may improve aerodynamic performance and inhibit the airflow guiding plate from being over-expanded or detached. The vehicle body lower structure includes an airflow guiding plate that is arranged on the vehicle body of a vehicle and is movable between a receivin...