ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,358, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Antenna apparatus" was invented by Kazuhiro Aoki (Kariya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna apparatus includes a first antenna, a second antenna, and a third antenna. Each of the second antenna and the third antenna transmits a radio-wave signal in a predetermined emitting direction. The first antenna receives a reflection signal resulting from the transmission signal transmitted in the predetermined emitting direction. The second antenna and the third antenna are arranged to be separate from one another in a second direction. The second antenna and t...