ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,990, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Controller for defogger" was invented by Gota Murai (Anjo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A controller for a defogger including a heating wire disposed on a window glass of a vehicle turns on the defogger. The controller repeatedly acquires a value of current flowing through the heating wire while the defogger is on. The controller turns off the defogger based on the value of the current having converged to a constant value."
The patent was filed on April 15, 2024, under Application No. 18/635,769.
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