ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,237, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Vehicle mounting structure of battery pack" was invented by Koji Chihara (Okazaki, Japan), Yohsuke Imai (Nagoya, Japan), Masahiro Shirakawa (Nagoya, Japan) and Tomoki Okada (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle mounting structure of a battery pack according to the present disclosure includes a battery pack provided on a bottom surface of a vehicle body, a support frame that supports the battery pack on the bottom surface of the vehicle body, and multiple fastening members that mechanically fasten the support frame and the bottom portion of...