ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,613, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Roof cover for mounting autonomous driving sensor" was invented by Woo Jae Kwon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dong Ju Kim (Incheon, South Korea) and Ji Eun Yang (Wonju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment roof cover for mounting an autonomous driving sensor includes a base cover portion mountable to a vehicle roof, the base cover portion being divided into a plurality of mounting regions, a first cover portion coupled to the mounting regions such that mounting positions of a radio detection and rang...