US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on Nov. 3 for "Vehicle with battery pack and exhaust duct" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,050, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Vehicle with battery pack and exhaust duct" was invented by Chiaki Takai (Tokyo), Motoi Shioaku (Tokyo), Daigo Komatsu (Tokyo) and Koki Nakajima (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes: a floor panel; a seat rail attached to the floor panel; a movable member slidably engaged with the seat rail; a seat supported by the movable member; a battery pack; and an exhaust duct having an exhaust port, wherein the battery pack includes a battery cover covering a battery module, the seat includes a seating portion, an under-seat cover member is fixed to at lea...