ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,031, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to ZKW Group GmbH (Wieselburg, Austria).
"Vehicle sensing and/or lighting unit for a vehicle" was invented by Josef Gurtl (Kilb, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle unit, e.g., a vehicle headlamp, includes a cover lens formed of at least partially translucent material; a holder holding the cover lens; a heating wire embedded within the cover lens configured to heat the cover lens; and a connector for connecting the heating wire to a power source. The cover lens includes an operating section, for operable units (e.g., light modules) of the vehicle unit to engage with an environment out...