US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Jan. 13 for "Outputting air using combination of air and spray nozzles on wipers to prevent windshield wiper runoff and clear rain" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,182, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Outputting air using combination of air and spray nozzles on wipers to prevent windshield wiper runoff and clear rain" was invented by Jesse Dwayne Rydell (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for operating a windshield wiper comprising a one or more nozzles for outputting a gas. Examples include a windshield wiper system that comprises a wiper blade, a windshield wiper arm configured to couple to the wiper blade at a distal end and cou...