ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,282, issued on July 22, was assigned to Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA (Lippstadt, Germany).

"Support for a component in the front or in the rear of a motor vehicle, lighting device, and unit for a motor vehicle, and method for manufacturing the support" was invented by Sven Kinkel (Borchen, Germany), Michael Lakenbrink (Oelde, Germany), Juergen Scharte (Dellbrueck, Germany) and Thomas Wiese (Lippstadt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support for a component in the front or in the rear of a motor vehicle, in particular for a lighting device or for a sensor unit, or for a module within a lighting device of a motor vehicle, in particul...