ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,421, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-ken, Japan).
"Structural object mounting structure" was invented by Toshimitsu Negishi (Okazaki, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A structural object mounting structure of the disclosure is a structural object mounting structure for mounting a structural object on an instrument panel on a front passenger seat side of a vehicle. The structural object mounting structure includes a moving mechanism that moves the structural object in such a manner as not to prevent an airbag of a front passenger seat airbag device that has been inflated and deployed from being deploy...