US Patent Issued to SUZUKI MOTOR on Sept. 8 for "Front cowling" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,944, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to SUZUKI MOTOR Corp. (Hamamatsu, Japan).

"Front cowling" was invented by Akihito Deguchi (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Tatsuya Yuse (Hamamatsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A front cowling includes a cowling panel that covers a front portion of a vehicle from the front and sides, and a wing that protrudes laterally from the cowling panel. The rear edge of the wing is located higher than a front edge of the wing. An air guide path is formed that takes in a traveling wind from the front of the vehicle and discharges the traveling wind as an airflow into a space below the wing."

The patent was fil...