ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,571, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to PIONEER Corp. (Tokyo).
"Sensor device, housing, and cover portion" was invented by Ryoya Sato (Kawagoe, Japan), Yuji Uehara (Kawagoe, Japan) and Hiroshi Hosoyamada (Kawagoe, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cover portion (300) includes a transmission portion (310) and a heater portion (320). At least a portion of the heater portion (320) is disposed on a lower side (negative side of a sixth direction (V)) of the transmission portion (310) and on one of opposite lateral sides (positive side of a fifth direction (L)) of the transmission portion (310). An amount of heat generated per unit le...