US Patent Issued to HELLA on June 16 for "Sensor apparatus for mounting on a vehicle window to determine the position of the sun" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,443, issued on June 16, was assigned to HELLA GmbH & Co. KGaA (Lippstadt, Germany).

"Sensor apparatus for mounting on a vehicle window to determine the position of the sun" was invented by Viktor Gerliz (Bad Zwischenahn, Germany), Eduard Desch (Hude-Wusting, Germany), Oliver Wilhelm (Stuhr, Germany) and Thomas Horn (Delmenhorst, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor apparatus for mounting on a motor vehicle window for determining the position of the sun includes at least one lens body and at least one detector with photosensitive regions, wherein the lens body has a radiation entry side and a radiation exit side which faces...