ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,524, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to AURORA OPERATIONS INC. (Pittsburgh).

"LIDAR sensor system including particular optic design" was invented by Colin Delaney (Bozeman, Mont.), Allen Earman (Santa Clara, Calif.), James Ferrara (Oakland, Calif.) and Parth Panchal (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) sensor system for a vehicle includes: a housing defining a cavity, a first mount positioned within the cavity, a second mount positioned within the cavity, and a micro optics assembly. The micro optics assembly includes a first portion provided on the first mount and a second portion ...