ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,372, issued on June 10, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Collision detection apparatus" was invented by Kentaro Yamamoto (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A collision detection apparatus includes a bumper beam, an absorber, a collision detection sensor, and a bumper cover. The bumper beam extends in a vehicle width direction. The absorber is disposed adjacent to a vehicle front side of the bumper beam. The collision detection sensor includes a pressure tube extending in the vehicle width direction and held by the absorber and is configured to output a signal corresponding to a pressure change in the pressure tube. The bumpe...