ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,625,228, issued on May 12, was assigned to APTIV TECHNOLOGIES AG (Schaffhausen, Switzerland).

"Radar system for automotive applications" was invented by Dennis Vollbracht (Hilden, Germany), Sadam Hussain Kazimi (Wuppertal, Germany) and Sachit Varma (Ratingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radar system for a vehicle includes: at least one main transmit antenna configured to transmit main radar waves essentially parallel to a road on which the vehicle is standing or driving; at least one main receive antenna configured to receive reflections of the main radar waves off objects on the road; a first street condition monitoring, SCM...