ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,181, issued on June 2, was assigned to JENOPTIK Automatisierungstechnik GmbH (Jena, Germany).
"Universally usable device for producing a predetermined breaking line in an equipment part of a vehicle" was invented by Walter Lutze (Jena, Germany) and Andreas Bode-Mosig (Jena, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A universally usable device for producing a predetermined breaking line in an equipment part of a vehicle. The device includes a laser beam generator, a laser scanner and a linear or matrix-shaped first sensor arrangement with first individual sensors of an identical first sensitivity and at least one identical linear or matri...