ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,273,611, issued on April 8, was assigned to MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Vehicular camera with adhesively bonded construction" was invented by Brian J. Winden (Rochester, Mich.), Robert A. Devota (Durand, Mich.), Matthew C. Sesti (Williamston, Mich.), Joseph A. Stemmer (Warren, Mich.), Steven V. Byrne (Goodrich, Mich.), John R. Garcia (Montrose, Mich.) and David F. Olson (Lapeer, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular camera includes a lens comprising a plurality of optical elements, a lens holder, and an imager printed circuit board. The plurality of optical elements includes at least one plastic optical elem...