US Patent Issued to Kobe Steel on Sept. 9 for "Side sill reinforcement structure for electric vehicle" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,892, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Kobe Steel Ltd. (Kobe, Japan).

"Side sill reinforcement structure for electric vehicle" was invented by Masatoshi Yoshida (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A side sill reinforcement structure includes a battery unit for drive, a side sill extending in a vehicle front-rear direction on an outer side in a vehicle width direction of the battery unit, and a reinforcing member that connects the battery unit and the side sill. The reinforcing member includes a closed cross-sectional portion group having a first closed cross-sectional portion disposed on the innermost side in the vehicle wi...