ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,978, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle body structure" was invented by Satoshi Yaita (Wako, Japan), Ken Yasui (Wako, Japan), Yu Iemura (Wako, Japan), Satoru Kawabe (Wako, Japan) and Masaaki Tatsuwaki (Wako, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle body structure includes: a battery case that is disposed below a floor panel of a vehicle body and houses a battery; and a case-mounting frame that connects the battery case to a side sill provided on a side of the battery case in a vehicle width direction to support the battery case. The case-mounting frame includes a lower frame that straddles...