US Patent Issued to Waymo on March 18 for "Impact resistant heated window mount for thermal camera" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,740, issued on March 18, was assigned to Waymo LLC (Mountain View, Canada).

"Impact resistant heated window mount for thermal camera" was invented by Shashank Sharma (Mountain View, Calif.) and Matthew Last (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to optical systems, vehicles, and methods for providing improved mechanical performance of a camera and corresponding optical elements. An example optical system includes an outer housing and an inner support member. The optical system also includes an optical window coupled to the outer housing and the inner support member. The optical window is conf...