US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on Feb. 17 for "Plate member joint structure and manufacturing method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,465, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Plate member joint structure and manufacturing method" was invented by Kimitoshi Fujishita (Saitama, Japan) and Hiroyuki Watanabe (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plate member joint structure formed in a tubular shape includes: a first plate member including a pair of flange portions and having a hat-shaped cross section; and a second plate member in contact with and joined to the pair of flange portions of the first plate member, wherein each of the pair of flange portions of the first plate member has a first surface in contact with the second pl...