US Patent Issued to Magna Mirrors of America on Jan. 20 for "Vehicular imaging system with extendable camera" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,424, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Magna Mirrors of America Inc. (Holland, Mich.).

"Vehicular imaging system with extendable camera" was invented by Anthony J. LaCross (Hastings, Mich.), Timothy W. Condron (Canton, Mich.) and Darryl P. De Wind (Canton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular camera monitoring system includes an electronic control unit (ECU) at a vehicle and a support arm movably disposed at a side portion of the vehicle, with the support arm having a base end attached at the side portion of the vehicle and a distal end opposite the base end. A camera is disposed at the distal end of the support arm. The...