ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,855, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Honda Foundry Co. Ltd. (Saitama, Japan).

"Steering knuckle casting and steering knuckle" was invented by Tomoichiro Kariya (Kawagoe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steering knuckle casting 20 includes a plan portion 22 and a product portion 23 formed along a flow of molten metal 21. The product portion 23 includes an intermediate portion 26, a first fastening portion 27 integrally formed at one end of the intermediate portion 26, a second fastening portion 28 integrally formed at the other end of the intermediate portion 26, and a first rib 31 and a second rib 32 integrally formed in th...