US Patent Issued to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Toyota Jidosha on Oct. 27 for "Underbody cover for compliance with vehicle impact performance" (Michigan, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,032, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano, Texas) and Toyota Jidosha K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Underbody cover for compliance with vehicle impact performance" was invented by Skylar C. Watson (Williamston, Mich.) and Taylor R. Farish (Waxahachie, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments described herein relate to vehicular underbody covers that comply with vehicular impact performance. An underbody cover for a vehicle includes a plate body that attaches to an underbody of a vehicle. The underbody includes a first crossbeam and a second crossbeam spaced from...