ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,924, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Continental Automotive Technologies GmbH (Hannover, Germany).

"Electronic unit for a vehicle and manufacturing method" was invented by Tobias Huth (Langenselbold, Germany), Thomas Schaper (Mosbach, Germany), Jorg Thomas (Dietzenbach, Germany), Doris Schafer (Offenbach am Main, Germany), Sergej Wittmeier (Munster, Germany) and David Saar (GroB-Umstadt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic unit for a vehicle, comprising surface elements arranged next to one another with a visible surface side and a surface underside is disclosed. The surface elements are fixed in a housing. The hous...