ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,196, issued on June 3, was assigned to NISSAN NORTH AMERICA INC. (Franklin, Tenn.).
"Image projector" was invented by William Weber (Brighton, Mich.) and Dale Butterworth (Brighton, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle comprises an image projector assembled to an underbody of the vehicle. The image projector has a bracket, a housing and an image emitter. The bracket is fixed to the underbody. The bracket has a plurality of first indentations. The housing has a plurality of second indentations that mate with the first indentations. The housing is adjustably disposed with respect to the bracket along the first and second inden...