ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,833, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to FICOMIRRORS, S.A.U. (Barcelona, Spain).

"Retractable camera wing assembly for vehicles" was invented by David Bravo Corbacho (Viladecavalls, Spain) and Robert Lopez Galera (Viladecavalls, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A retractable camera wing assembly for vehicles includes: a casing adapted to be mounted in a vehicle and provided with a camera for capturing rear view imagines. The casing is pivotable about a pivot axis, and it has a first part extending and a second part, such first and second parts diverge from each other. The camera is placed at the second part of the casing, and the fi...