ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,771, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle body rear structure" was invented by Shungo Chino (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle body rear structure includes: a rear frame extending in a vehicle front-rear direction on a vehicle width direction end side of a floor panel; a rear wheel house extending upward from a vehicle width direction outer portion of the rear frame; a rear cross member extending in a vehicle width direction on the floor panel; a wheel house reinforcing member extending in an up-down direction along the rear wheel house; and an upper stiffener covering an opening of the...