US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on Sept. 1 for "Wind noise reduction garnish" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,720, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Wind noise reduction garnish" was invented by Patrick W. Kruse (Marysville, Ohio), Jeffrey D. Wheeland (Radnor, Ohio), David J. Rose (West Mansfield, Ohio), Hirofumi Takemoto (Dublin, Ohio), Liza G. Bare (Powell, Ohio), Austin Kimbrell (Powell, Ohio) and Nigel Williams (Raymond, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle comprising having a vehicle body including a lower side, a rear quarter window and a rear spoiler garnish, the vehicle defining an inner passenger compartment; a D-pillar garnish configured to be mounted on the vehicle body between the rear spo...