ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,468, issued on May 5, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle front structure" was invented by Akihiro Yamamoto (Tokyo) and Hiroyuki Ito (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle front structure includes: an upper beam to which a headlight is fixed; a bracket installed side by side with the upper beam and formed to extend outward in a vehicle width direction from one end thereof fixed to a bulkhead of a vehicle, curve rearward at a point halfway to an outer end in the vehicle width direction of the vehicle, and extend rearward to the other end thereof fixed to a lower member of the vehicle; and an airbag sensor pro...