US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on March 18 for "Headlamp device for a tilting vehicle having a housing and a cover unit comprising an optical element and an opaque shielding unit" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,231, issued on March 18, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Headlamp device for a tilting vehicle having a housing and a cover unit comprising an optical element and an opaque shielding unit" was invented by Frederic Pfeuffer (Freising, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A headlamp device for a tilting vehicle includes an optical housing which has a cavity that is accessible from the outside via an opening; an illuminant which is located in the cavity of the optical housing and through which electromagnetic waves can be emitted in the visible and/or invisible range; a cover unit which can be fixed or is fixed...