ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,778, issued on May 27, was assigned to FREEGLASS GmbH & Co. KG (Schwaikheim, Germany).
"Vehicle window with integrated sensor module" was invented by Sebastian Schmidt (Stuttgart, Germany), Laurent Friocourt (Stuttgart, Germany), Uwe Weissenberger (Wurzburg, Germany) and Luc-Henry Blanche (Hagen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle window with an integrated sensor module, includes a pane main body having a cutout, a sensor module designed as a prefabricated assembly with a module housing, which forms a hollow space, in which at least one sensor is accommodated, wherein the module housing forming the hollow space is inser...