ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,515, issued on July 8, was assigned to TOKYO COSMOS ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Zama, Japan).
"Heater device and imaging device for vehicle" was invented by Masashi Kaji (Kanagawa, Japan) and Takuya Karasawa (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heater device according to the present invention comprises: a first line where an electrically-heated wire is routed to a region to be heated on a transparent substrate; and a second line that is connected to first and second power supply terminals and is wider than the first line. In addition, a wire break region is formed in the second line, a thermistor is connected so as to span the wir...