ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,610,118, issued on April 21, was assigned to Valeo Schalter und Sensoren GmbH (Beitigheim-Bissingen, Germany).

"Camera device for a vehicle, vehicle and method for manufacturing a camera device" was invented by Chakrapani Nandyala (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany) and Santhosh Kumar Panneerselvam (Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera device for a vehicle is disclosed. The camera device includes a printed circuit board extending in a main plane, one or more electronic components mounted on a surface of the printed circuit board, an electrically conductive housing accommodating the printed circuit board, and...