ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,473, issued on May 5, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle body floor structure" was invented by Taiki Terui (Tokyo) and Shungo Chino (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The vehicle body floor structure includes a floor including a front panel located at front and a rear panel located at rear and formed at a position above the front panel; lower longitudinal beams located on both sides of the floor in a vehicle width direction; a floor cross beam connected to the lower longitudinal beams on outer sides in the vehicle width direction; and a floor tunnel connected to a center of the floor cross beam in the vehicle wid...