ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,051, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Pillar construction" was invented by Kodai Baiju (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pillar construction includes: a pillar including a pillar inner and a pillar outer forming a closed cross section; a retractor disposed at a lower portion of the pillar; and a first reinforcement member and a second reinforcement member disposed at the pillar outer, the first reinforcement member being disposed at a position coinciding with the pillar outer in a side view, the second reinforcement member being disposed higher than the retractor. The first reinforcement member ...