US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Nov. 3 for "Passive exterior camera cleaning system utilizing pressurized cabin air" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,153, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Japan).

"Passive exterior camera cleaning system utilizing pressurized cabin air" was invented by Jessica A. Okuma (Ypsilanti, Mich.) and Kristin M. Zwirlein (Ypsilanti, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and apparatus for an exterior camera cleaning system for a vehicle include an air inlet configured to receive a flow of air from a passenger compartment of the vehicle in response to an increase in an air pressure in the passenger compartment. An air outlet is in fluid communic...