ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,852, issued on July 8, was assigned to WEBASTO SE (Stockdorf, Germany).

"Vehicle roof comprising a mount for at least two environment sensors, the mount being attached to a support" was invented by Juraj Lehotsky (Stockdorf, Germany), Thomas Podolski (Stockdorf, Germany) and Nikolaus Linner (Stockdorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle roof, having a roof skin, which forms an visible exterior surface of the vehicle roof, and a sensor unit having at least two environment sensors for detecting a vehicle environment, the sensor unit being disposed below the roof skin and attached to a support and having a mount for the at ...