ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,469, issued on May 5, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Reinforcement assembly for a side sill of a vehicle" was invented by Eric J. Boettcher (Columbus, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reinforcement assembly for a side sill includes a first reinforcement structure arranged inside a cavity of the side sill and including a plurality of first cones arrayed in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. The reinforcement assembly also includes a second reinforcement structure coupled to the first reinforcement structure and includes a plurality of second cones arranged facing the first cones. Each second cone includes a tr...