US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on July 28 for "Lower structure of vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,949, issued on July 28, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Lower structure of vehicle" was invented by Ryuta Nishigami (Tokyo), Hirotaka Hayakawa (Tokyo), Tetsuya Sugizaki (Tokyo), Kazuya Kimura (Tokyo) and Ryo Shinoda (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides a lower structure of vehicle in which a battery covering portion has a rigidity capable of supporting the load of an impact. The lower structure of vehicle includes: a floor base plate, including a floor beam disposed on an upper surface, and the floor beam extending in a vehicle width direction; a battery component disposed at the rear of the fl...