US Patent Issued to NISSAN NORTH AMERICA on Oct. 27 for "Vehicle body structure" (Canadian, Japanese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,040, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC. (Franklin, Tenn.).

"Vehicle body structure" was invented by Takayoshi Nomura (Zama City, Japan), Jason Lyman (Whitmore Lake, Mich.) and David Huynh (Windsor, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle body structure includes at least a first panel and an outboard dashwall panel. The first panel at least partially defines a lower portion of an A-pillar structure. The first panel has a lower forward portion with a flange attachment section. The outboard dashwall panel at least partially defines a rearward portion of a front wheel well. The outboard dashwall panel ha...