ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,381, issued on June 10, was assigned to Aptiv Technologies AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"Detection device" was invented by John Douglas Scott (Commerce Township, Mich.), David B. Goss (Rochester Hills, Mich.) and Stephen Loche (Rochester Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The techniques of this disclosure relate to a detection device. The device includes a housing attached to an exterior portion of a vehicle and a printed circuit board. The device also includes a first sensor mounted to the printed circuit board and configured to detect first objects. The device also includes a second sensor mounted to the printed circuit...