US Patent Issued to MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO on June 23 for "Vehicle body structure of cab-over type vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,202, issued on June 23, was assigned to MITSUBISHI JIDOSHA KOGYO K.K. (Tokyo).

"Vehicle body structure of cab-over type vehicle" was invented by Motoshi Ito (Aichi, Japan), Yorito Takemoto (Tokyo), Isahiro Imamura (Tokyo), Shoji Masuda (Tokyo) and Hiroki Yamanishi (Aichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle body structure of a cab-over type vehicle includes: a floor cross member extending in a vehicle width direction along a lower surface of a floor panel of a cab body and including a pair of mount portions to which mounts are attached on both sides in the vehicle width direction; and a gusset extending in a vehicle front-...