ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,348,847, issued on July 1, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

"Image sensor assembly with a fastener received by a lens housing" was invented by Thomas E. Blake III (Novi, Mich.), Michael A. Hart (Dexter, Mich.) and Matthew Warmuth (Northville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image sensor system can include a housing assembly that defines a lens receiving aperture, the lens receiving aperture having an inner diameter. The image sensor system includes a lens assembly that includes a lens housing portion and a fastener configured to be received by the lens housing portion to secure the lens housing por...