ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,175, issued on March 18, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle body" was invented by Kodai Baiju (Saitama, Japan) and Eiichiro Yokoi (Saitama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle body (12) includes: a center pillar (26); a side sill; and a side outer panel (25, 61), in which the side outer panel (25, 61) includes: a base portion (52) that swells from the outer surface, enters the side sill (27) from the center pillar (26), and forms a front ridge (48, 64), and a rear ridge (51, 66); a front side sill portion (25b, 61b) that extends in a front-rear direction in front of the base portion (52) and forms a fi...