ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,918, issued on March 17, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle rear portion structure" was invented by Taisuke Satoi (Okazaki, Japan) and Yuta Egawa (Okazaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The vehicle rear portion structure includes a pair of rear portion structural members spaced apart in the vehicle width direction, a pair of rear side members spaced apart in the vehicle width direction, and a cross-connection member connecting the pair of rear portion structural members to each other, the rear portion structural member is a hollow member in which a body portion, a tower portion, and a suspension mem...