ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,881, issued on July 1, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Battery-module protection structure" was invented by Toshiaki Naruke (Tokyo), Toshiyuki Hara (Tokyo), Norio Suzuki (Tokyo), Yutaka Sakakura (Tokyo), Kazuki Sakai (Tokyo) and Tatsuya Ishikawa (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery-module protection structure is configured to protect a battery module accommodated within a vehicle frame of a vehicle from an external impact. The battery-module protection structure includes a rail disposed within the vehicle frame, a pedestal securing the battery module and secured to the rail by using a securing member, and the vehicle...