US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA on July 1 for "Force air moisture management for lamps" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,386, issued on July 1, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Japan).

"Force air moisture management for lamps" was invented by Sunil Dalal (Canton, Mich.) and John D. Harkleroad (Ypsilanti, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and apparatus for lamp moisture management systems include a lamp housing including an inlet vent and an exit vent, a transparent cover plate covering a light exit hole in the lamp housing, and a conduit including a primary air inlet, an air outlet, a narrowed portion disposed between the primary air inlet and the air...