ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,397, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to AGC INC. (Tokyo).

"Vibrator-attached vehicular window glass and vibrator-attached vehicular window glass system" was invented by Ken Fujita (Tokyo) and Jun Akiyama (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vibrator-attached vehicular window glass includes: a vehicular window glass including a first glass plate including a first main surface with a water repellent coating; and a first vibrator configured to apply a vibration to the first glass plate, in which the first vibrator is configured to vibrate at an excitation frequency of 10 Hz to 100,000 Hz."

The patent was filed on May 14, 2024, under...