ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,242, issued on July 8, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle rear portion structure" was invented by Taichi Watanabe (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rear panel extending in a vehicle width direction at a rear portion of a vehicle, and a rear in-panel extending in a vehicle front-rear direction on a vehicle width direction side surface of the rear portion of the vehicle are provided. The rear panel includes: a rear panel body extending in the vehicle width direction, and a front extension portion bent and extended from an outer side of the rear panel body in the vehicle width direction toward a front side. The ...