US Patent Issued to MAZDA MOTOR on Feb. 11 for "Front structure of vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,221,044, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to MAZDA MOTOR Corp. (Hiroshima, Japan).

"Front structure of vehicle" was invented by Masayuki Furutani (Hiroshima, Japan), Ryo Ando (Hiroshima, Japan) and Reiko Yoshiura (Hiroshima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle front structure comprises a beam member and a plate member. The plate member comprises a vertical face portion, a body portion extending forwardly from the vertical face portion, a front end portion positioned at a front end of the body portion, and a protrusion face portion provided to be forwardly spaced apart from the vertical face portion. The front end portion compri...