US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Nov. 4 for "Vehicle front structure having an annular engine compartment cross member" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,572, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Vehicle front structure having an annular engine compartment cross member" was invented by Yuki Yamanaka (Anjo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle front structure comprising a pair of front side members which are provided on both side portions at a vehicle front side and extended in the vehicle longitudinal direction, and an engine compartment cross member which is attached between the pair of front side members, wherein the engine compartment cross member is an annular member including a pair of side members which are respectively attached to the...