ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,964, issued on March 25, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle body structure" was invented by Junya Harada (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle body structure includes an extension to be held between a bumper beam extending in a vehicle width direction and a side frame extending in a vehicle front-rear direction. The extension includes: a fixing plate made of a plate member and fixed to a projecting end of the side frame so as to face in the vehicle front-rear direction; a crushing body arranged on the fixing plate; and a coupling strip made of a plate member, extending along the vehicle front-rear direc...