ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,944, issued on May 26, was assigned to MAZDA MOTOR Corp. (Hiroshima, Japan).
"Vehicle-body structure" was invented by Eiji Kamemoto (Hiroshima, Japan), Takehiro Kamei (Hiroshima, Japan) and Taiki Yotsuyanagi (Hiroshima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Peripheral components in a lower portion of a vehicle body are enabled to be efficiently mounted on the vehicle body with high mounting rigidity. To achieve efficient mounting and high mounting rigidity, a vehicle-body structure includes a battery protection frame which has a hollow cross-section. A partition wall portion is provided in an internal portion of the battery protection ...