ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,627, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to MAZDA MOTOR Corp. (Hiroshima, Japan).
"Vehicle battery protection structure" was invented by Eiji Kamemoto (Hiroshima, Japan), Takehiro Kamei (Hiroshima, Japan) and Taiki Yotsuyanagi (Hiroshima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle-body structure improves mounting rigidity of a battery protection frame and rigidity of the battery protection frame itself by including a battery protection frame which has a hollow cross-section, a vehicle-body-side frame which extends along the battery protection frame and is coupled with the battery protection frame, and a fixation member which is inser...