ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,126, issued on April 14, was assigned to Panasonic Automotive Systems Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Vehicular microphone and vehicle" was invented by Kazumoto Doi (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yoshimichi Ooya (Fukushima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular microphone includes: at least one microphone sensor that detects sound; a board that includes a first surface and a second surface, the first surface being a surface where the microphone sensor is provided, the second surface being opposite to the first surface; a cover that includes a bottom surface and a side surface; and a connector that is electrically connectable to a cab...