ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,183, issued on July 1, was assigned to ISUZU MOTORS Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan).
"Head cover" was invented by Kazunari Shibuya (Fujisawa, Japan), Ryoma Takara (Fujisawa, Japan), Kazuki Kamidaira (Fujisawa, Japan), Ayumi Kasai (Fujisawa, Japan) and Kazuhiro Kitamura (Fujisawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head cover that covers a cylinder head of an engine includes: a support part that is provided on an upper surface of a cover body and supports a weight; and a plurality of upper surface ribs that extend radially from the support part on the upper surface."
The patent was filed on May 15, 2024, under Application No. 18/664,360.
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