ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,971, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Side sill structure of vehicle" was invented by Atsushi Hasegawa (Saitama, Japan), Hitomi Yamada (Saitama, Japan) and Yumi Saito (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A side sill of a vehicle includes an inner panel, an outer panel, and a reinforcing member arranged within a closed section formed by joining the inner panel and the outer panel. The reinforcing member includes a first reinforcing member joined to the inner panel and a second reinforcing member joined to the outer panel. The first reinforcing member and the second reinforcing member are arranged side b...