ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,067, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to MAZDA MOTOR Corp. (Hiroshima, Japan).
"Vehicle-body lower structure of vehicle" was invented by Ippei Kuroda (Hiroshima, Japan) and Masaya Nishimoto (Hiroshima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A side sill in a lower part and on an outer side in a vehicle width direction of a vehicle and forms, in its inner part, a closed cross section that extends in a front-rear direction of the vehicle; the side sill includes a side sill outer that has a front end and a main body located behind the front end, an outer-side reinforcement member that has a shape extending along a front face part and a si...