ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,949, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle" was invented by Kenji Igashira (Ikeda, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a body and a suspension member attached to a lower portion of the body at a vehicle-front side. The suspension member includes: a pair of side rails extending in a front-rear direction of the vehicle; a front cross member that is disposed between the side rails and that extends in a vehicle-width direction; and a pair of connecting members that connects the front cross member and the side rails. Each of the connecting members has an upper plate, a lower p...