ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,799, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle having an energy absorption member" was invented by Yuuki Mukaigawa (Seto, Japan), Kyohei Miyaoka (Ikeda, Japan) and Shunji Shibata (Anjo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle may include a vehicle body including a floor panel, a battery pack located below the floor panel, and an energy absorption member located outwardly from the battery pack in a vehicle width direction and fixing the battery pack to the vehicle body. The energy absorption member may be a hollow member extending along a vehicle longitudinal direction and having a consta...