ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,486, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to MAZDA MOTOR Corp. (Hiroshima, Japan).
"Front vehicle-body structure of vehicle" was invented by Kenta Tachibana (Hiroshima, Japan), Takashi Narahara (Hiroshima, Japan) and Yasushi Ishikawa (Hiroshima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A front side frame has a first deformation promotion portion to bend and deform a front side frame inwardly in a case where a collision load is applied to a vehicle from a vehicle front side, a front vehicle-body structure further comprises a load transmission portion positioned in front of a suspension housing between the front side frame and an apron reinforc...