ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,947, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan) and SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle" was invented by Ryosuke Asa (Toyota, Japan), Shota Kiyozumi (Tokyo), Masayoshi Iwase (Toyota, Japan) and Akihisa Takeda (Okazaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a body including a rocker, the rocker being located outside a floor panel in a vehicle width direction and extending in a front-rear direction. The vehicle further includes a battery unit located under the floor panel and detachably attached to the body from below. The vehicle further includes a bracket fixed to the rocker. The vehicle furth...