ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,133, issued on March 24, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Control device for vehicle" was invented by Satoru Ito (Mishima, Japan) and Hiroki Murata (Gotemba, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device for a vehicle, comprising: a cleaning mechanism for cleaning an outer surface of a window glass; and a flexible solar cell module capable of generating electricity by being irradiated with sunlight, wherein the solar cell module is deployed along an inner surface of the window glass, and the control device is capable of storing the solar cell module, the control device including a controller for controll...