ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,333, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).

"Rear vehicle body structure of vehicle" was invented by Hikaru Miura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rear vehicle body structure of a vehicle includes: a rear floor panel provided below a rear seat; a rear cross member to which a rear edge part of the rear floor panel is coupled; a tunnel-shaped raised part that is provided by bending the rear floor panel at a center region in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle, and extends in a forward-rearward direction of a vehicle's body; and a flange that is provided by bending the rear cross member at a center region i...