ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,583, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to PACCAR Inc. (Bellevue, Wash.).

"Headlamp aiming system" was invented by Scott M. Conway (Flower Mound, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A headlamp aiming system includes: a carrier frame having opposite fore and aft sides, having a ball joint opening extending between the fore and aft sides, and being configured to attach to at least one headlamp projector unit; a ball joint including a ball at a fore end of the ball joint, the ball joint extending through the ball joint opening such that the ball is at least partially on the fore side of the carrier frame; a cap attached to the fore side...