US Patent Issued to SUBARU on April 21 for "Battery-equipped vehicle including movable under panel" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,012, issued on April 21, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).

"Battery-equipped vehicle including movable under panel" was invented by Yuta Takenoya (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery-equipped vehicle includes an under panel, a battery, a panel lifting and lowering mechanism, and a control device. The under panel is provided near a bottom surface of the vehicle. The battery is disposed under a floor of the vehicle and above the under panel. The panel lifting and lowering mechanism is configured to lift or lower the under panel in a vertical direction. The control device is configured to control at least an operation of...