ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,171, issued on July 14, was assigned to Valeo Vision (Bobigny, France).

"Vehicle assembly comprising a radar sensor and a set of layers" was invented by Pierre Renaud (Bobigny, France) and Pierre Albou (Bobigny, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a vehicle assembly for a vehicle, with the vehicle assembly including a radar sensor configured to transmit/receive radar waves. The radar sensor being placed facing a layer assembly. The layer assembly includes at least two dielectric layers, these dielectric layers including a primary layer and a secondary layer separated by a layer of air. The layer of air has ...