ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,575, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to 4A MANUFACTURING GMBH (Traboch, Austria).

"Integrated frame structure" was invented by Michael Pichler (Kobenz, Austria) and Reinhard Hafellner (Spielberg, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments relate to a frame structure for a device, comprising a frame comprising a receiving opening, a core structure inserted into the receiving opening and a front layer fixed to the frame and covering a front surface of the core structure. The frame structure further comprises a back layer fixed to the frame and covering a back surface of the core structure, wherein the front layer and the back l...