ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,313, issued on July 22, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-ken, Japan).
"Support structure for rain sensor" was invented by Yoshinori Uozumi (Toyota, Japan) and Shiroh Chiba (Nisshin, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mounting bracket is fastened to a roof header panel. The mounting bracket has an extending portion extended to a position facing a windshield. A rain sensor is engaged with the extending portion so that the rain sensor can move back and forth with respect to the windshield. A coil spring is interposed between the extending portion and the rain sensor, and a light emitting/receiving surface of the rain senso...