ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,242,174, issued on March 4, was assigned to Continental Automotive GmbH (Hannover, Germany).
"Device for securing an optical device" was invented by Oliver Granzow (VS-Villingen, Germany) and Oliver Griese (VS-Villingen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for securing an optical device on a windshield of a vehicle is described. The device comprises a box-shaped bracket in which a holder for the optical device is mounted so as to be pivotable and fixable. It is thereby possible to set various angular positions of the holder relative to the bracket, taking into account different curvatures of the respective windshield. In this...