ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,943, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Battery mounting structure of frame vehicle" was invented by Koji Matsueda (Nisshin, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery mounting structure of a frame vehicle, which supports a battery pack by a pair of right and left side frames extending in the vehicle front-rear direction and provided in the frame vehicle, includes: a plurality of lateral members extending in the vehicle width direction and bridging the pair of right and left side frames; a longitudinal member supported by the plurality of lateral members so as to extend in the vehicle front-r...