Date: Feb 01, 2012 Source: (
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 1 -- United States Patent no. 8,106,755, issued on Jan. 31, was assigned to Epsilon Lambda Electronics Corp. (West Chicago, Ill.).
"Triple-Function Vehicle Safety Sensor System" was invented by Robert M. Knox (Geneva).
According to the abstract released by the U.
S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle safety sensor system (VSSS) includes driver-side and passenger-side sensor means. The VSSS implements multiple safety functions as forward collision warning (or avoidance) and side/rear object detection. Subsystems of both sensor means are placed in the location normally occupied by side-view mirrors providing the driver an unobstructed …