ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,050, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to MAZDA MOTOR Corp. (Hiroshima, Japan).
"Lower vehicle-body structure of vehicle" was invented by Isamu Kizaki (Hiroshima, Japan), Takuto Fukushima (Hiroshima, Japan), Masanori Honda (Hiroshima, Japan) and Chikara Kawamura (Hiroshima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A side sill constituting a vehicle body comprises a side sill outer and a side sill inner. Each of an upper-side side face portion (upper face portion) and a lower-side side face portion (lower face portion) of the side sill inner comprises a second bending portion (bending portion) being formed by each of the upper face portion ...