US Patent Issued to SUBARU on Sept. 23 for "Vehicle cowl structure" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,871, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).

"Vehicle cowl structure" was invented by Hiroaki Sema (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle cowl structure includes a cowl body, a cowl panel, an air outlet, and a gas-liquid separation mechanism. The cowl body has a recessed shape with an upper opening when viewed in a longitudinal direction thereof. The cowl panel closes the upper opening of the cowl body, and has an outside air inlet. The outside air inlet allows outside air to be introduced into the cowl body. The air outlet allows air inside the cowl body to be discharged toward a vehicle interior. The gas...