ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,471, issued on June 2, was assigned to Motherson Innovations Co. Ltd. (London).

"3 piece base cover, rear view device, vehicle and assembling and dis-assembling method" was invented by Callum Scott-Collins (Portchester, Great Britain), Jakub Spychala (Portchester, Great Britain), Kane Connor (Portchester, Great Britain), Graham Rehill (Portchester, Great Britain), Andrew Lettis (Portchester, Great Britain), Andreas Herrmann (Stuttgart, Germany), Arne Schmierer (Stuttgart, Germany), Simon David Field (Lonsdale, Australia), Francis Charlet (Dammarie les Lys, France) and Steve Horne (Portchester, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Offic...