ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,404, issued on July 7, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Electronic module attachment system for vehicle exterior trim component" was invented by Nemer Nemer (Dearborn, Mich.), Aimee Kilbourn (Gaylord, Mich.) and Edward M. Wilson (Livonia, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic module attachment system for an exterior trim component on a vehicle having an upper container housing configured to couple to an upper surface of the exterior trim component to define an upper compartment. At least one electronic module is located in the upper compartment and an upper first seal for sealing the upper ...