ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,552, issued on April 14, was assigned to Perkins Engines Co. Ltd. (Peterborough, Great Britain).

"Relating to radiator guards" was invented by Paul William Wilkinson (Peterborough, Great Britain), Shankar Raman (Adambakkam Chennai, India) and Nalraj Pandi (Sengundrapuram Virudhunagar, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radiator guard comprising a main body and a service panel; the main body being formed of mesh sheet material and comprising: a plurality of fastening points for mounting the main body over a rear face of a radiator of an internal combustion engine; a service aperture for providing access, in use, to the rear face ...