ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,909, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (Basking Ridge, N.J.).

"Driver-facing camera mounting assembly" was invented by Mathew Bates (Dublin), Moses Rowen (Dublin) and Eoin O'Donnell (Dublin).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some implementations, a mounting assembly may include a chassis having a platform portion, and a spine portion. The mounting assembly may include an end lock having a shaft portion engaged with the spine portion, and a cap portion configured to engage with a lock projection of a camera module, wherein the camera module is to be disposed between the platform portion and the cap po...