ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,072, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle lower structure" was invented by Hidefumi Nihei (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lower structure of a vehicle is configured to include a floor panel, an exhaust member arranged below the floor panel, and a cover member provided between the floor panel and the exhaust member and attached to the floor panel. The cover member includes front fixation portions provided on the front side and fixed to the floor panel and a bead portion arranged behind the front fixation portions and extending in a vehicle width direction."
The patent was filed on Feb. 2...