US Patent Issued to PRESS KOGYO on June 24 for "Body frame member and method for manufacturing body frame member" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,898, issued on June 24, was assigned to PRESS KOGYO Co. LTD. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Body frame member and method for manufacturing body frame member" was invented by Kazuhiro Yamaguchi (Kanagawa, Japan) and Shuichi Okawa (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a body frame member capable of suppressing deformation due to springback, and a method for manufacturing the same. The body frame member 1 of the present invention is formed in a substantially U shape by a web 2 extending in a front-rear direction of a vehicle body, an upper flange 3 extending inward in a vehicle width direction from an upper end of the web 2 ...