ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,840, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to NISSAN MOTOR Co. LTD. (Yokohama, Japan) and Renault SAS (Boulogne-Billancourt, France).
"Bumper reinforcement" was invented by Shinichirou Takemoto (Kanagawa, Japan) and Shinya Mihara (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bumper reinforcement includes a main body made of metal, a reinforcing channel member, and a resin block. A mounting portion of a crash box is formed at a vicinity of each end of the main body. The reinforcing channel member includes a web, an upper flange and a lower flange that are placed on an outer panel, an upper panel and a lower panel of the main body at the m...