US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on March 3 for "Vehicle body structure" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,268, issued on March 3, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Vehicle body structure" was invented by Kazuhisa Maeda (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle body structure includes a rocker configuring a portion at an outer side, in a vehicle width direction, of a vehicle body lower section. The rocker extends in a vehicle front-rear direction. The vehicle body structure also includes a metal center pillar, which is a separate component from the rocker. A lower section in a vehicle up-down direction of the center pillar is detachably attached to the rocker by an attachment member."

The patent was file...