US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on Nov. 18 for "Vehicle substructure preventing dash panel from deformation toward compartment" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,035, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Vehicle substructure preventing dash panel from deformation toward compartment" was invented by Yuya Kawano (Tokyo) and Tokihisa Ueta (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle substructure includes: a floor panel placed in a tense state between a floor tunnel and a side sill; a front pillar extending in a vehicle up-down direction from a front end of the side sill. The vehicle substructure further includes: a lower dash panel arranged at a front portion of the floor panel; and a lower dash crossmember extending in a vehicle width direction at a lower end of ...