ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,893, issued on April 7, was assigned to FCA US LLC (Auburn Hills, Mich.).
"Vehicle camera mounting structure" was invented by Zhenghong Yan (Shanghai), Zi Ye Wang (Shanghai), Wenbin Song (Shanghai), Dan Li (Shanghai) and Bing Li (Shanghai).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A front fascia for a vehicle including a camera assembly; a first panel defining a through-hole configured for receipt of the camera assembly, a perimeter of the through-hole having a plurality of retention features configured to support and orient the camera assembly relative to the through-hole; and a second panel including a seat configured for receipt of the camera...