US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on June 24 for "Magnetic marker, embedding jig for magnetic marker, and embedding method for magnetic marker" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,590, issued on June 24, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Magnetic marker, embedding jig for magnetic marker, and embedding method for magnetic marker" was invented by Masahiro Tasaka (Nissin, Japan), Keizo Fukushima (Nagoya, Japan), Toshiyasu Takakuwa (Toyota, Japan), Michiharu Yamamoto (Hekinan, Japan), Tomohiko Nagao (Chita, Japan) and Hitoshi Aoyama (Okazaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic marker is embedded in a road, and is configured to be detected by a magnetic sensor provided in a vehicle. The magnetic marker is provided with a case accommodating a magnet and a protective material coverin...