ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,430, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Futaba Industrial Co. Ltd. (Okazaki, Japan).
"Front pillar lower" was invented by Hiroaki Sakai (Okazaki, Japan), Satoshi Kubozono (Okazaki, Japan) and Miki Kotani (Okazaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A front pillar lower includes a joining part where a front pillar lower body, a bracket, and a bulk are joined together. The front pillar lower body includes a ridge portion. The ridge portion includes a top plate and side plates. The bracket includes a main cover covering the top plate from an outside of the ridge portion to provide a space between the main cover and the top plate, and ...