ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,929, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle structure" was invented by Yuki Naganuma (Nagoya, Japan), Junya Ogawa (Okazaki, Japan) and Hidetaka Asano (Nisshin, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle structure capable of obtaining both the adhesive property and stripping performance of a coating. The vehicle structure includes an outer panel and an exterior component, and a coating formed by applying easily strippable coating material onto the outer panel and exterior component. The coating includes a design portion formed on the outer surface of the outer panel and exterior component,...