ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,898, issued on April 7, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle structure with battery" was invented by Hirotaka Hayakawa (Tokyo), Tetsuya Sugizaki (Tokyo), Ryo Shinoda (Tokyo) and Wataru Yamamoto (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle structure with a battery includes a battery placement portion, a front cross member, a rear cross member, and left and right rear side frames. The front cross member is disposed at a vehicle forward position of the battery placement portion. The rear cross member is disposed at a vehicle rearward position of the battery placement portion. The left and right rear side frames are ...