US Patent Issued to MAZDA MOTOR on March 25 for "Front structure of vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,965, issued on March 25, 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 positioned in front of a sub frame and having a closed-cross section extending in a vehicle width direction and a plate member extending forwardly from the beam member. The plate member comprises a fixation portion fixed to the beam member, a body portion extending forwardly from the fixation portion, and a front end portion posit...