ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,572, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle body rear structure" was invented by Takuya Sasaki (Tokyo), Toshihiro Yamaguchi (Tokyo), Kyosuke Yamakita (Tokyo), Takashi Nitta (Tokyo), Dai Kamata (Tokyo) and Yusuke Miura (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle body rear section includes a rear floor pan (11), a floor pan reinforcement member (20), and a towing load receiving section. The rear floor pan (11) has an upper surface to which the spare tire (16) is fixed. The floor pan reinforcement member (20) is fixed to a lower surface of the rear floor pan (11). The towing load receiving sectio...