US Patent Issued to NISSAN NORTH AMERICA on Feb. 17 for "Vehicle front end assembly" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,242, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC. (Franklin, Tenn.).

"Vehicle front end assembly" was invented by Stephen Pfingsten (Royal Oak, Mich.), David Coakley (Macomb, Mich.) and Tony Tognetti (Brownstown Township, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The vehicle front end assembly includes a grille, a front end module, an upper grille panel and a hood lock assembly. The front end module has a radiator unit positioned rearwardly with respect to the grille. The front end module further has a support frame that is positioned rearwardly with respect to the radiator unit. The upper grille panel has a hood lock acce...