ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,027, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to AGC Inc. (Tokyo) and AGC GLASS EUROPE (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium).
"Glass" was invented by Shunsuke Sadakane (Tokyo), Kuniko Nagai (Tokyo), Francois Leveque (Guemappe, France) and Meijie Li (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glass to be installed in a vehicle includes: a glass member; a colored ceramic layer provided in a predetermined region of the glass member; an opening portion for information acquisition, provided with one or more sides in contact with the colored ceramic layer in plan view; and a plate-shaped member overlapping the opening portion, and extending o...