ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,492, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle front part structure" was invented by Yuta Senoo (Toyota, Japan) and Myoungjun Kim (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cowl louver is placed below a cowl top which is an outer plate member on an upper surface of a front part of a vehicle body. The cowl louver has a vertical wall which extends vertically from a cowl panel toward an expected direction of a load F. The vertical wall is bent at one location between an upper edge and a lower edge, and a length from a ridgeline at the bent position to the upper edge (upper width), and a length...