US Patent Issued to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Toyota Jidosha on Nov. 4 for "Portable window controllers and associated methods" (Indiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,466, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano, Texas) and Toyota Jidosha K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Portable window controllers and associated methods" was invented by Clinton Jay Ward Jr. (Evansville, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable window controller for operating window lift assemblies of multiple vehicles includes a controller housing that is sized to fit in a hand a control switch that extends outward from the housing and can be actuated by the hand. The control switch is a momentary switch that is biased toward a home position and terminates power to a regulat...