ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,094, issued on March 3, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle lower part structure" was invented by Kyohei Kamijukkoku (Toyota, Japan), Yohsuke Komada (Toyota, Japan) and Toshiaki Sato (Nagakute, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The vehicle lower part structure includes a cross member, and a connecting member that is formed in a closed cross-sectional shape and connects the vehicle width direction outer end portion of the cross member and the rocker. A first fragile portion and a second fragile portion extending in the front-rear direction from the outermost side to the inner side in the vehicle width dire...