US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on July 1 for "Vehicle-body lower structure" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,309, issued on July 1, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Vehicle-body lower structure" was invented by Hiroyuki Kurata (Toyota, Japan), Ryuma Osaka (Toyota, Japan), Kenji Igashira (Amagasaki, Japan), Shinnosuke Okuda (Mishima, Japan), Masanori Kodera (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Hideyuki Tamaki (Hamamatsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle-body lower structure includes: a front suspension member, a lower arm supported by the front suspension member; and a battery case that is disposed on the rear side of the front suspension member and houses a battery. The battery case includes: a front plate; and a frame e...