ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,314, issued on June 30, was assigned to MAZDA MOTOR Corp. (Hiroshima, Japan).
"Lower structure of vehicle" was invented by Tsuyoshi Furuno (Aki-gun, Japan) and Yuki Kataoka (Aki-gun, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A protection member arranged below a frame member so as to face an onboard member from an outward side, in a vehicle width direction, thereof and a support member fixed to a lower face of the frame member so as to support the protection member are provided. The support member comprises a bottom wall portion including a facing portion which faces an upper end portion of the protection member in a vertical direction and...