US Patent Issued to SUBARU on May 19 for "Vehicle door" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,994, issued on May 19, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).

"Vehicle door" was invented by Kunihiko Nakano (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle door includes a beam, an inner panel, a lever lock bracket, and a beam bracket. The beam extends inside the vehicle door in a front-rear direction of a vehicle. The inner panel includes an inner plate. The lever lock bracket is configured to restrict an operation of the door latch mechanism when contact from a side of the vehicle occurs. The beam bracket includes a front vertical wall surface and a rear vertical wall surface. The lever lock bracket is disposed on a vehicle front si...