ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,573, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to MAZDA MOTOR Corp. (Hiroshima, Japan).
"Vehicle side body structure" was invented by Tomohito Okuyama (Hiroshima, Japan), Kyohei Yukita (Hiroshima, Japan), Isamu Kizaki (Hiroshima, Japan), Kaori Suzuki (Hiroshima, Japan) and Takuto Fukushima (Hiroshima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a vehicle side body structure, when a force that deforms a side door inward in a vehicle width direction acts on the side door, a second engagement section enters a clearance in the vehicle width direction of the side door, a first engagement section and the second engagement section respectively engage with ...