ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,290, issued on June 3, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan).
"Radiator pipe retention structure" was invented by Tetsuya Onoda (Kariya, Japan) and Hiroshi Shimasaki (Nisshin, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The radiator pipe holding structure is equipped with a square cylindrical shaped air guide duct. The air guide duct is located between the radiator and the front grille. The air guide duct extends in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. Furthermore, the air guide duct surrounds the front surface of the radiator. The air guide duct also has a duct wall. The duct wall is part of a square cylindrical shape...