ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,210, issued on July 15, was assigned to KOITO MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle sensor device" was invented by Yuichi Watano (Shizuoka, Japan), Osamu Kuboyama (Shizuoka, Japan), Yoshihiro Katsurada (Shizuoka, Japan), Daigo Yamamoto (Shizuoka, Japan) and Kosei Kikuchi (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle sensor device (1) includes an outer cover (12), a sensor unit (20) that transmits and receives an electromagnetic wave through the outer cover (12) and outputs a signal related to the electromagnetic wave incident on an inner side of the outer cover (12), a heater (30) that is provided in the outer cover (1...