ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,225, issued on April 14, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle front structure" was invented by Yukari Sumie (Toyota, Japan) and Masayuki Okano (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The vehicle front structure includes a radiator provided at a distance from the front bumper to the rear, an air guide duct provided between the front bumper and the radiator in the vehicle front-rear direction, and a vibration member mounted on a wall surface of the air guide duct. Vibration of the vibration member vibrates the wall surface, whereby a sound (horn sound) is emitted to the internal space of the air guide du...