ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,382, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Pedestrian contact detection apparatus for vehicle" was invented by Kentaro Yamamoto (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pedestrian contact detection apparatus, for a vehicle, includes a bumper beam, an absorber, an upper rib, a lower rib, a contact detection sensor, and a cover. The upper rib and the lower rib each protrude from a front face of the absorber toward a vehicle front side and each extend discontinuously in a vehicle width direction. The lower rib is disposed on a vehicle lower side of the upper rib. A pressure tube extends in the vehicle width direction ...