ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,627, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Vehicle" was invented by Keisuke Kondoh (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes: a grille opening through which cooling air is introduced; a radiator air guide duct that guides cooling air introduced from the grille opening to a radiator; and a left brake duct that is connected to both ends of the radiator air guide duct in the vehicle width direction and guides a part of the flowing cooling air toward the brake of the front wheel, wherein the vehicle includes a backflow suppression plate protruding from a center side plate of the...