ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,726, issued on June 17, was assigned to ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).

"Control unit for a driver assistance system, and driver assistance system" was invented by Ega Tschiskale (Stockach, Germany), Thorsten Sonntag (Radolfzell, Germany), Michael Ewert (Radolfzell, Germany), Michael Krespach (Daisendorf, Germany), Benjamin Schullcke (Gottmadingen, Germany), Armin Kempter (Sauldorf, Germany) and Michael Stuetz (Radolfzell, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a control device for a driver assistance system, wherein the control device comprises a sensor interface via which the control devic...