ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,058, issued on April 29, was assigned to SMR Patents S.a.r.l. (Luxembourg).

"Rearview device and vehicle with such rearview device" was invented by Steve Horne (Portchester, Great Britain), Andrew Lettis (Portchester, Great Britain), Graham Rehill (Portchester, Great Britain) and Andreas Herrmann (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An external rearview device for a motor vehicle includes a housing, and one or more of at least one light emitting or a receiving device, including one or more of at least one light producing device or at least one camera device arranged within the housing, and at least one at least partially...