ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,298, issued on March 24, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Automotive door" was invented by Eiji Hirano (Wako, Japan), Masahiro Tanigawa (Wako, Japan), Makoto Ono (Tokyo), Shinichi Ozaki (Tokyo), Takeru Sato (Tokyo), Akinari Suzaki (Tokyo), Satoru Kuchiki (Tokyo) and Kouya Sugawara (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automotive door includes: an inner panel made of metal, an outer panel made of resin; and an upper stiffener made of metal and extending along a beltline of the outer panel, wherein the upper stiffener is fixed to the inner panel."
The patent was filed on Oct. 17, 2024, under Application No. 18/918,32...