ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,649, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Front vehicle-body structure" was invented by Masaki Nambu (Tokyo), Takehiro Kondo (Tokyo), Hiroyuki Anzai (Tokyo) and Shota Anegawa (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A front vehicle-body structure includes: a lower member extending in a vehicle front-rear direction and extending upward toward the rear; and an upper member extending in the vehicle front-rear direction from a rear end of the lower member. The lower member and the upper member are coupled to each other on a plurality of pairs of surfaces, and coupling portions coupling surfaces of the lower member...