ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,766, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to NIFCO INC. (Kanagawa, Japan) and Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Sensor bracket" was invented by Daisuke Mori (Kanagawa, Japan) and Shingo Nakayama (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor bracket (1) for mounting a sensor (2) to a vehicle body, comprising: a base wall (10) opposing a back surface of the sensor; a pair of first positioning portions (25) projecting from the base wall and abutting a side edge of the sensor from a first direction extending along the base wall; a pair of first pressing portions (26) projecting from the base wall and pressing the sensor against the first positi...