ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,881, issued on May 13, was assigned to DENSO Corp. (Kariya, Japan).

"Radar device" was invented by Kazumasa Sakurai (Nisshin, Japan) and Toshiya Sakai (Kariya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radar device comprises an antenna portion, a radome, and a housing. The antenna portion includes an antenna surface provided with one or more antennas, the antenna emitting a radio wave. The radome is made of a material allowing passage of the radio wave emitted by the antenna portion, and is disposed to face the antenna surface. The housing forms, together with the radome, a space for accommodating the antenna portion. The housing includ...