US Patent Issued to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Toyota Jidosha on May 6 for "Headlight adjustment system with measuring assembly including optical beam extending past an articulating reference" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,141, issued on May 6, was assigned to Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Inc. (Plano, Texas) and Toyota Jidosha K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Headlight adjustment system with measuring assembly including optical beam extending past an articulating reference" was invented by Sunil Dalal (Canton, Mich.) and John D. Harkleroad (Ypsilanti, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to vehicle headlight calibration. In one embodiment, a headlight adjustment system includes a headlight positioned in a vehicle with a measuring assembly attached to the headlight. An adjus...