ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,606, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Bumper impact pressure sensor" was invented by Tomoya Yabu (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor arrangement structure that makes a sensor tube easy to arrange is disclosed. The sensor arrangement structure includes a bumper beam; a shock absorber disposed in front of the bumper beam and having a groove; and a contact sensor including a sensor tube, in which the sensor tube is disposed between the bumper beam and the shock absorber, the groove is configured to arrange the sensor tube, the groove includes an expansion groove portion, and the expansion gr...