ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,352, issued on May 5, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Structure and performance reduction suppression device" was invented by Takayuki Mashimo (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To effectively suppress deterioration in performance of the radar caused by the ice column, provided is a structure for prevent the performance degradation of a radar, the radar is provided below a plate member disposed on an outer surface of a vehicle and irradiating a radio wave toward an outside of the vehicle. The structure is comprising an ice column suppressing part configured to suppressing the formation of the ice column...