ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,386,039, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to ROBERT BOSCH GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"LIDAR sensor and surroundings detection system" was invented by Holger Maris Gilbergs (Sersheim, Germany), Johannes Richter (Ludwigsburg, Germany), Karl Christoph Goedel (Vaihingen an der Enz, Germany) and Simon Bell (Sersheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A LIDAR sensor, including a window, at least one first group and one second group of electrical conductors, and a detection circuit. The window is a light exit and entry interface of the LIDAR sensor. Each of the groups includes a first conductor and a second conductor, which are situated on ...