ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,246, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).
"Heater device" was invented by Yasuhiro Sago (Kariya, Japan) and Kimitake Ishikawa (Kariya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heater device includes a heater surface facing one side in a predetermined direction. The heater device includes a transmission electrode and a reception electrode arranged on the other side in the predetermined direction with respect to the heater surface, and an insulation coating layer that covers the transmission electrode and the reception electrode on the one side in the predetermined direction. The transmission electrode and the re...