ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,946, issued on July 15, was assigned to Marcy Enterprises Inc. (Columbus, Ohio).
"Packaged sensor pad" was invented by Steven R. Meizlish (Bexley, Ohio) and David W. Robinson (Worthington, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of mounting, at a desired location, a vehicle sensor pad for a sensor system of a vehicle wherein the sensor pad is initially packaged in a product that includes a foldable clamshell-type housing folded to a closed position to contain the pre-formed sensor pad that was formed in situ therein when the housing was in an open position, prior to closing. The housing has an enclosed volume bounded by relative...