ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,247, issued on April 21, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Side structure of vehicle" was invented by Masahiro Tanigawa (Saitama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A side structure of a vehicle is capable of preventing water from entering an interior of a cabin. The side structure of the vehicle includes: a roof rail, which is disposed on an outer upper section of the vehicle and extends along a vehicle front-rear direction; pillars, which extend downward from the roof rail in a vehicle up-down direction; and an outer member, which covers outer sides of the roof rail and the pillars in a vehicle width direction. The ...