US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on Aug. 25 for "Sensor arrangement structure" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,380, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Sensor arrangement structure" was invented by Tomoya Yabu (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor arrangement structure that may improve sensing accuracy of a sensor tube and may make a sensor cover easy to install is disclosed. The sensor arrangement structure includes a bumper beam; a shock absorber disposed in front of the bumper beam; a contact sensor including a sensor tube, in which the sensor tube is disposed between the bumper beam and the shock absorber; and a sensor cover covering the shock absorber from a rear surface of the shock absorber, in wh...