US Patent Issued to Ford Global Technologies on April 22 for "Method and apparatus for checking the alignment of a motor vehicle headlamp" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,891, issued on April 22, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Method and apparatus for checking the alignment of a motor vehicle headlamp" was invented by Marcel Ponier (Cologne, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An alignment checking apparatus holder to assist checking of the alignment of a motor vehicle headlamp installed in a body of a motor vehicle includes a base body, at least one reference marking on the base body, and a multiple of form-fit elements. The base body is visually perceptible from the outside in a checking position. The multiple of form-fit elements are rigidly connected to the base...