ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,573, issued on July 15, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle rear structure" was invented by Takuya Sasaki (Tokyo), Toshihiro Yamaguchi (Tokyo), Kyosuke Yamakita (Tokyo), Takashi Nitta (Tokyo), Dai Kamata (Tokyo) and Yusuke Miura (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle rear structure includes a spare tire bracket which has a longer rear section than a front section thereof in the vehicle with respect to a spare tire fixing portion, a spare tire fixed to the spare tire fixing portion, and reinforcement member having a second inclination reinforcing portion extending upward from a rear section of a rear floor ...