US Patent Issued to BPG Sales and Technology Investments on April 8 for "Non-contact vehicle orientation and alignment sensor and method" (Oregon, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,639, issued on April 8, was assigned to BPG Sales and Technology Investments LLC (Shelby Township, Mich.).

"Non-contact vehicle orientation and alignment sensor and method" was invented by Frank J. Bretl (Corvallis, Ore.), David L. Frederic (Lebanon, Ore.), Patrick C. Pointer (Corvallis, Ore.), Mark A. Trevisiol (Albany, Ore.) and Ben Wahlstrom (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-contact sensor for determining orientation of an object, such as a tire and wheel assembly of a vehicle, includes a projector assembly having a light emitter, a lens assembly and a mask, with the mask including mask apertures and the light em...