US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on Oct. 20 for "Vehicle front structure" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,767,077, issued on Oct. 20, 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 having a front end in a vehicle front-rear direction thereof fixed to a bulkhead and a rear end in the vehicle front-rear direction thereof fixed to a lower member; a shock absorbing bracket arranged so as to be held between the upper beam and the bracket; and an airbag sensor arranged in vicinity to the shock...