ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,068, issued on April 29, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-ken, Japan) and SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Front bumper" was invented by Shota Kotake (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A front bumper includes a bumper body, a bumper inner, and a first electronic device. The bumper body is exposed to the outside of the vehicle. The bumper inner is located inside the bumper body and configured to fix the bumper body to a body of the vehicle. The first electronic device is located between the bumper body and the bumper inner. The bumper inner includes an inner body facing at least a part of the first electronic device in a fir...