ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,074, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan).
"Vehicle front portion structure" was invented by Masanori Yoshimoto (Okazaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle front portion structure includes: front side members that are disposed on both sides of a vehicle front portion in a vehicle width direction, and extend in a front-rear direction to support a floor of a cabin; a high voltage component that is disposed below the floor; and support members having rear end portions joined to the front side members and extending obliquely forward and downward from the front side members, respectively...