ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,507, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Side structure for a vehicle" was invented by Andreas Nylund (Marysville, Ohio), Cameron E. O'Keeffe (Dublin, Ohio), Christopher J. Mampe (Delaware, Ohio), Jorge E. Salgado Gomez (Marysville, Ohio), Jeffrey T. Sale (Columbus, Ohio), Steven R. Thiele (Marysville, Ohio), Nathan Roy (Marysville, Ohio) and Craig M. Nichelson (Lima, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A side structure for a vehicle includes a seat support structure arranged inside a vehicle body and coupled to a floor of the vehicle body, and a side sill arranged proximate to the floor of the vehicle b...