ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,544, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Hino Motors Ltd. (Tokyo) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle body lower structure" was invented by Akinori Oko (Hino, Japan), Mao Kowata (Hino, Japan), Shinnosuke Ide (Hino, Japan) and Yasushi Fukaishi (Hino, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle body lower structure according to one aspect includes a frame including a side rail extending in a front-rear direction of a vehicle, a motor configured to generate regenerative power, and a brake register configured to convert the regenerative power into thermal energy, in which the brake register is disposed immediately below...