ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,921, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Kodiak Robotics Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Sensor assembly with radar for autonomous vehicles" was invented by Donald Burnette (Mountain View, Calif.), Court Hinricher (Mountain View, Calif.), Jay Kuvelker (Mountain View, Calif.), Andreas Wendel (Mountain View, Calif.), John Zinn (Mountain View, Calif.) and Laura Shane (Mountain View, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor assembly for autonomous vehicles includes a side mirror assembly configured to mount to a vehicle. The side mirror assembly includes a first camera having a field of view in a direction opposite a direction of f...