ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,756, issued on May 13, was assigned to Motherson Innovations Co. Ltd. (London).

"Rear view device and vehicle with such a rear view device" was invented by Hans-Dieter Pomparew (Stuttgart, Germany), Arne Schmierer (Stuttgart, Germany) and Stefan Andrei (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rearview device for a vehicle includes at least one sensor for detecting information of the environment of the vehicle, where the rearview device is attachable to the supporting structure of the vehicle by using at least one first fastening device and the rearview device includes at least one arm which is rotatably mounted by the fir...