ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,188, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Eye plate lifting feature with roof side applique" was invented by Atsushi Maeda (Chofu, Japan) and Leo Nakamura (Yokohama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous vehicle roof top sensor module includes a shell configured to attach to a roof of an autonomous vehicle. The shell defines an interior in which a sensor is arranged. The sensor is for detecting a characteristic of the autonomous vehicle or a characteristic of an environment surrounding the autonomous vehicle. The shell includes two flanges, each of which includes two lifting features arranged...