ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,156, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Side sill structure for vehicle" was invented by Atsushi Hasegawa (Saitama, Japan), Hitomi Yamada (Saitama, Japan) and Yumi Saito (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A side sill structure for a vehicle is provided. A side sill includes an inner panel, an outer panel, and a reinforcing member. The reinforcing member is arranged in a closed cross section formed by joining the inner panel and the outer panel. The reinforcing member includes a first reinforcing member arranged on an upper side in the side sill and a second reinforcing member arranged below the first...