US Patent Issued to NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, NISSAN MOTOR on July 1 for "Vehicle body structure" (American, Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,321, issued on July 1, was assigned to NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC. (Franklin, Tenn.) and NISSAN MOTOR Co. LTD. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Vehicle body structure" was invented by Aaron Felsenfeld (Sylvan Lake, Mich.), Yuichi Igarashi (Sagamihara, Japan) and Nicholas Trifonoff (Commerce Township, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle body structure includes a floor structure, a rear side member and a reinforcing member. The floor structure at least partially defines a door sill portion, a rear wheel well portion and a rear seat support portion. The rear side member extends wider and is directly attached to a lower surface of the floor s...