US Patent Issued to Subaru on Sept. 8 for "Center pillar" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,929, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Subaru Corp. (Tokyo).

"Center pillar" was invented by Hiroyasu Ito (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A center pillar made of a fiber reinforced plastic composite material includes tubular members made of a fiber reinforced plastic that are continuous from an upper part to a lower part relative to a center of the center pillar along a longitudinal direction, and an outer layer member disposed around the tubular members and made of a fiber reinforced plastic including a reinforcing fiber wound around the tubular members. The tubular member includes a first tubular member and a second tubular ...