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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2022
Applicant:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Taiga Marukawa, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Gilberto Larrache-Irizarry, Delaware, OH (US);
Douglas M. Dafler, Delaware, OH (US);
Patrick J. Ellison, Plain City, OH (US);
Kosaku Tomozawa, Wako, JP;
Keiichiro Tsuji, Novi, MI (US);
Takashi Nakano, Utsunomiya, JP;
Anthony John Leanza, Powell, OH (US);
Assignee:
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 63/04 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60R 13/04 (2006.01); B62D 65/02 (2006.01); G01S 13/931 (2020.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 63/04 (2013.01); B62D 65/02 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); B60R 13/04 (2013.01); G01S 13/931 (2013.01); G01S 17/931 (2020.01);
Abstract
An autonomous vehicle and related method include, at each corner of the vehicle, a module including a cast frame configured to mount on a corner component of the autonomous vehicle, and an applique connected directly to the cast frame, wherein the applique covers at least part of the cast frame and defines a portion of an outside surface of the autonomous vehicle.