ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,311, issued on July 1, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-ken, Japan).
"Vehicle base structure" was invented by Takahiro Suzaki (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle base structure includes first and second structural members extending along a vehicle front-rear direction and disposed respectively at first and second sides of a vehicle base in a vehicle width direction, a battery unit disposed between the first and second structural members, and a bracket including a first wall portion fixed to a lower surface of one of the first and second structural members, a second wall portion extending inward in the veh...