ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,651, issued on March 11, was assigned to WEBASTO SE (Stockdorf, Germany).

"Sensor module for being mounted on a panel component of a motor vehicle and panel component comprising such a sensor module" was invented by Magnus Sviberg (Stockdorf, Germany) and Michael Huelsen (Stockdorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Sensor module for mounting on a motor vehicle panel component having a sensor housing, at least one environment sensor, at least part of which is disposed in the sensor housing, and which is configured to send and/or receive electromagnetic signals to thus detect a vehicle environment, and a kinematic system having ...