ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,251, issued on July 21, was assigned to FUYAO GLASS INDUSTRY GROUP Co. LTD. (Fuqing, China).

"Front windshield and automobile" was invented by Zhixin Chen (Fuqing, China), Jinliang Guan (Fuqing, China) and Bingming Jiang (Fuqing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A front windshield and an automobile are provided in embodiments. The front windshield is operable in cooperation with a LiDAR system inside the automobile. The LiDAR system is configured to emit and/or receive P-polarized light towards the front windshield. A wavelength Lambda of the P-polarized light ranges from 800 nm to 1600 nm. The front windshield includes an outer ...