US Patent Issued to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Toyota Jidosha on March 3 for "Systems for increasing airflow past a vehicle energy absorber" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,167, issued on March 3, was assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano, Texas) and Toyota Jidosha K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Systems for increasing airflow past a vehicle energy absorber" was invented by Shawn Roberts (Ypsilanti, Mich.), David N. Evans (Ypsilanti, Mich.), Robert Cooper (Garden City, Mich.), Yan Liu (Canton, Mich.), Brandon Hanna (Dexter, Mich.), Troy Grantham (Saline, Mich.) and Mingher Fred Shen (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and other embodiments described herein relate to vehicle collision energy absorption with increased airflow towards an engine compartme...