ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,715, issued on June 17, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle body structure" was invented by Mikio Hatakeyama (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle body structure includes a rear floor panel on which a spare tire is placed at a predetermined position, an electric component fixed on the rear floor panel, and a cover member that is fixed on the rear floor panel and covers the electric component, wherein the cover member includes an inclined surface that is inclined with respect to the rear floor panel so as to collide with the spare tire pushed out from the predetermined position, load durabil...