ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,087, issued on June 3, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).

"Vehicle wheel element structure" was invented by Kojiro Nakajima (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle wheel element structure includes a center disc member, abutment members, and wheel-element-side fastening surfaces. Disc members extend radially in an outer diameter direction from the center disc member. The center disc member includes a center bore and fastening holes. The abutment members are provided on an inner side of the center disc member. Each abutment member protrudes from a position that is away from an opening of a corresponding one of the fastening h...