US Patent Issued to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Toyota Jidosha on July 21 for "Detachable underbody protection plates and methods of providing detachable underbody protection plates" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,443, issued on July 21, was assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano, Texas) and Toyota Jidosha K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Detachable underbody protection plates and methods of providing detachable underbody protection plates" was invented by Jeremiah T. Hammer (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes a protection plate that is releasably mounted to an underside of the vehicle. The protection plate has a slot having a first opening portion and a second opening portion. A bolt extends through the second opening portion and connects to a cross member that extends between long...