ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,922, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Motherson Innovations Co. Ltd. (London).

"Base assembly, rear view device carrying a camera, vehicle and assembling method" was invented by Callum Scott-Collins (Portchester, Great Britain) and Steve Horne (Portchester, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure refers to a base assembly of an exterior rear view device to be mounted to a vehicle, comprising a base frame and at least one camera sub-assembly attached to the base frame, wherein the camera sub-assembly comprises at least one camera, a camera cradle and a camera holder designed to provide clamping force an...