US Patent Issued to MAZDA MOTOR on Sept. 30 for "Vehicle-body lower structure of vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,068, 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), Masaya Nishimoto (Hiroshima, Japan) and Shota Nakayama (Hiroshima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A side sill that is disposed in a lower part and on an outer side in a vehicle width direction of a vehicle and has a side sill inner and a side sill outer which collaborate with each other to form a closed cross section extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle; a wheel that is located ahead of the side sill outer; an outer-side reinforcement member that...