ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,221,047, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Panel member in front of vehicle seat" was invented by Ryoichi Kakizawa (Tokyo) and Yuta Suzuki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A panel member is provided in front of a seat in a vehicle cabin of a vehicle at a height such that knees of an occupant who moves forward from the seat come into contact with the panel member. The panel member includes a cover member and a reinforcement member. The cover member defines a surface of the panel member. The reinforcement member is provided behind the cover member. The reinforcement member includes an upper part in an up-down d...