ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,642, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Energy absorber" was invented by Kouichirou Ueno (Nagoya, Japan) and Takuya Inoue (Nagoya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The energy absorber includes a body portion that is formed of resin and is assembled into a metal closed space of a vehicle; a plurality of energy absorbers are provided on the body portion, and when the body portion is assembled to the vehicle, the energy absorber has an opening on the outside in the vehicle width direction; A cell having a lower surface having a downward slope of three degrees or more from one end on the inside in ...