ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,889, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle" was invented by Tatsuya Shimizu (Okazaki, Japan), Katsuya Shimazu (Toyota, Japan), Ayaka Kagami (Inazawa, Japan) and Mutsumi Kawashima (Nisshin, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes: a vehicle body having a bottom portion; a power storage device including a main body having a front wall portion, a rear wall portion, and a lower surface; and a flow regulation plate having a distal end portion at a position spaced downward from the bottom portion, a protruding portion is provided on the lower surface side of the main body; in a fix...