ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,414, issued on April 14, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan) and SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle" was invented by Kentaro Nakamura (Toyota, Japan), Daisuke Suewaka (Shibuya-ku, Japan), Satoshi Ikeda (Shibuya-ku, Japan) and Ryotaro Fujikawa (Shibuya-ku, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle may include a battery pack located below the floor panel; an energy absorber extending along a side surface of the battery pack in the front-rear direction and facing the side sill from below; and a cover plate covering a lower surface of the battery pack from below. The energy absorber may include an inner part facing the ...