ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,607, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Magna Exteriors Inc. (Aurora, Canada).
"Rain simulation system" was invented by Wing Yi Pao (Oshawa, Canada), Long Li (Oshawa, Canada), Martin Agelin-Chaab (Oshawa, Canada), Julian Knutzen (Aurora, Canada) and Alexis Baltazar-y-Jimenez (Rochester Hills, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rain simulation system that replicates realistic raindrop characteristics for controlled testing is invented. The rain simulation system can be used as a stand-alone system with wind using a blower fan or in a wind tunnel, and without wind to create wind-driven and vertically falling rain droplets, respecti...