ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,869, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to MAZDA MOTOR Corp. (Hiroshima, Japan).
"Vehicle-body structure with air conditioner" was invented by Takuma Inami (Hiroshima, Japan), Nobuyuki Nakayama (Hiroshima, Japan), Hiroyuki Baba (Hiroshima, Japan) and Hiroshi Tanaka (Hiroshima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle-body structure may include a floor panel, a center frame disposed to be higher than and away from the floor panel, and an air-conditioning device. The air-conditioning device may include an air distribution portion that is positioned higher than a front portion of the center frame and distributes generated air-conditi...