ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,518, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Reinforcement assembly for a side sill of a vehicle" was invented by Eric J. Boettcher (Columbus, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reinforcement assembly for a side sill of a vehicle includes a pair of reinforcement structures adapted to be arranged inside a cavity of the side sill. Each reinforcement structure includes a plurality of cones arrayed in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and a plurality of bridges interconnecting the plurality of cones. Each cone includes a base and a wall. Also, each of the cone associated with at least one of the reinf...