ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,237, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA (Lippstadt, Germany).
"Device for heating a vehicle cover" was invented by Pradeep Kuttikkattil (Palakkad, India), Paul Rostand Ndjeundoun (Ruesselsheim, Germany) and Martin Metha Waga (Boeblingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for a vehicle, comprising a cover, a source of electromagnetic heating radiation, which is used to heat the cover, as well as a light guide, through which the heating radiation emerging from the source of electromagnetic heating radiation is guided to the cover."
The patent was filed on Jan. 3, 2022, under Application No. 17/567,4...