ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,036, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle body fastener structure" was invented by Ryo Kojima (Tokyo) and Kyosuke Hirazumi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle body fastener structure includes: a vehicle body frame on a vehicle body; a sub-frame including an attachment portion attached to the vehicle body frame; a welding pipe nut coupled to the vehicle body frame; and a bolt fastening the attachment portion to the welding pipe nut. The welding pipe nut includes a pipe inserted through the vehicle body frame and having a female thread, and a coupling flange provided at a base of the pipe and coup...