ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,426, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to NIPPON STEEL Corp. (Tokyo).
"Impact absorbing structure of automobile" was invented by Ryo Urushibata (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An impact absorbing structure includes: a first member composed of a metallic material; and a second member extending in an axial direction of the first member, wherein: a shape of the first member is a cylindrical shape; a length of the second member in the axial direction is a length of 15 to 75% of a length in the axial direction of the first member; when a distance between end portions of the first member and the second member is set as D, a maximum cur...