ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,388, issued on June 24, was assigned to TOYODA GOSEI Co. LTD. (Aichi-pref., Japan).
"Vehicle exterior component and electromagnetic wave radar system" was invented by Shunsuke Aoyama (Kiyosu, Japan), Koji Okumura (Kiyosu, Japan) and Takeshi Sugiyama (Nara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle exterior component includes a cover, a housing, and a substrate. The cover is configured to arranged forward of a radar device in an emission direction of electromagnetic waves. The housing covers a rear surface of the cover. The substrate is arranged in the housing. The substrate includes a light emitting unit configured to emit visib...