US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Feb. 10 for "Roof strength moment cancelling bulkhead" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,331, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Japan).

"Roof strength moment cancelling bulkhead" was invented by Peter C. J. Piper (Saline, Mich.), Chase A. Young (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Alex B. Taylor (Chelsea, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle roof support structure on a vehicle. The vehicle roof support structure includes a roof rail member extending in a lengthwise direction of the vehicle. The vehicle roof support structure also includes a side pillar member disposed at least partially below the roof rail member on a lateral...