US Patent Issued to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Toyota Jidosha on April 14 for "Vehicle interior wall panel and wall panel assembly with door stopper" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,303, issued on April 14, was assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano, Texas) and Toyota Jidosha K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Vehicle interior wall panel and wall panel assembly with door stopper" was invented by Samuel L Sowles (Tecumseh, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wall panel structured to form at least a portion of an interior wall of a vehicle is provided. The wall panel includes a body, a storage compartment formed in the body, and at least one door stopper extending from the body. The door stopper(s) may help support the wall panel in an upright orientation when the wall panel is posi...