ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,461, issued on July 14, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle body reinforcing structure and vehicle" was invented by Jianli Yu (Guangdong, China), Koji Yoshikawa (Guangdong, China), Yao Yang (Guangdong, China) and Nobuo Aizawa (Guangdong, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle body reinforcing structure installed in a vehicle including a vehicle body and a battery pack provided in the vehicle body includes a first reinforcing member including at least a cross connection portion; and a second reinforcing member including at least a reinforcing portion arranged to extend along a longitudinal direction of a sid...