ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,535, issued on March 24, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle rear structure" was invented by Tomoaki Furukawa (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The framework includes a pair of right and left side frames extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, a second cross member connected to the rear portions of the side frames so as to bridge along the lateral direction of the vehicle and supporting the rear portion of the motor, and the side frames. A third cross member is connected to the rear of the second cross member so as to bridge along the right-left direction of the vehicle, and deta...