ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,532, issued on March 24, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Side sill structure" was invented by Yuki Muramatsu (Tokyo), Kota Fujisawa (Tokyo), Takafumi Takayama (Tokyo), Kenji Inagaki (Tokyo) and Seiichi Kato (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A side sill structure with a side sill is provided. The side sill extends in a vehicle front-rear direction on an outer side in a vehicle width direction of a floor panel, and defines a closed cross-section by a combination of a sill inner member disposed on a vehicle inner side and a sill outer member disposed on a vehicle outer side. The side sill includes a plurality of part...