ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,474, issued on May 5, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle-body rear structure" was invented by Tomoyuki Inoue (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle-body rear structure for a vehicle includes a stiffening bracket and a seat hinge. The stiffening bracket is provided on a vehicle-widthwise inner side of a rear fender arch of the vehicle on a vehicle front side of a rear wheel house of the vehicle. The rear fender arch is joined to a side sill and a rear pillar of the vehicle. The seat hinge is provided so as to extend in a vehicle width direction of the vehicle on a vehicle lower side of a vehicle seat of the vehicle....