ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,832, issued on May 27, was assigned to VALEO VISION (Bobigny, France).

"Light indication of the position of a frame closing element" was invented by Christophe Dubosc (Bobigny, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assembly for a motor vehicle includes a frame which defines an opening and a closing element and which can be moved between a first position in which the closing element at least partially closes the opening; and a second position in which the opening is open. The assembly further includes a lighting device configured to project a light beam onto the closing element when the latter is positioned in the second position a...