US Patent Issued to Valeo Schalter und Sensoren on Sept. 16 for "Camera, A-pillar arrangement, and vehicle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,708, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany).

"Camera, A-pillar arrangement, and vehicle" was invented by Thorsten Meyer (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany) and Bernd Biehlman (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Camera (3, 103, 203) for a vehicle (1), which camera is designed: to be mounted at least partially inside an A-pillar (7, 107, 207) of the vehicle (1), to record image data for an area in front of the vehicle (1), and to be arranged in the A-pillar (7, 107, 207) in such a way that a space (24, 124, 224) taken up by the camera (3, 103, 203) ins...