ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,137, issued on Jan. 27, 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, upper frames, a cross member, columnar frames each disposed outward of a joint between a corresponding one of the front side frames and the cross member in a vehicle width direction, coupling frames each disposed on a corresponding one of the columnar frames, and reinforcement brackets each coupled to a front portion and an outer portion of a corresponding one of the coupling frames. The columnar frame ea...