US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA, SUBARU on May 19 for "Vehicle front structure" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,007, issued on May 19, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan) and SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).

"Vehicle front structure" was invented by Yoshiyuki Ryuno (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle front structure includes a front pillar, a charging inlet, and a guide member. The front pillar extends in the vehicle up-down direction in a vehicle front. The charging inlet is disposed in front of the front pillar in the vehicle front-rear direction. An outlet cable is connectable to the charging inlet from the lateral side of a vehicle. The guide member is mounted to the front pillar and disposed between the front pilla...