ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,297, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle-body front structure" was invented by Isamu Nagasawa (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle-body front structure includes front side frames, sub frames, lap frames, and reaction-transmitting frames. The lap frames are coupled to front lower parts of respective sub frames and each project toward an outer front side. The reaction-transmitting frames are coupled to lower rear parts of the respective sub frames and each project toward an outer rear side. Each sub frame includes in the central portion an oblique part extending toward an inner rear side and alo...