ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,012, issued on May 27, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle floor structure and method for manufacturing vehicle" was invented by Nobuyo Kondo (Toyota, Japan), Hiroshi Kawaguchi (Okazaki, Japan) and Yoshihiko Tsuzuki (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle floor structure according to an aspect of the present disclosure is a vehicle floor structure including: a floor pan; an upper surface-side reinforcing member joined to an upper surface of the floor pan; and a lower surface-side reinforcing member joined to a lower surface of the floor pan. The floor pan is formed of a resin-coated steel pla...