ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,354, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Instrument panel for vehicle" was invented by Sangbin Ryu (Kariya, Japan), Matheus Mesquita Da Silva (Toyota, Japan), Kagemaru Kitamura (Toyota, Japan), Mitsuhiro Kato (Kariya, Japan), Ryo Kunikata (Kariya, Japan) and Taishi Mochizuki (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An instrument panel includes a groove extending in a direction intersecting with a vehicle width direction and provided on one side of an opening of the instrument panel in the vehicle width direction, at a position offset from the opening in the vehicle width direction, and a firs...