US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on July 14 for "Vehicle body lower part structure" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,465, issued on July 14, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Vehicle body lower part structure" was invented by Yu Iemura (Wako, Japan), Ken Yasui (Wako, Japan), Masaaki Tatsuwaki (Wako, Japan), Satoru Kawabe (Wako, Japan) and Satoshi Yaita (Wako, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle body lower part structure includes: a side frame that connects a battery pack which is arranged below a floor panel of a vehicle to a side sill which is provided at a further outer position in a vehicle width direction than the battery pack; a lower cross member that is provided within the battery pack, is arranged between batteries, ...