ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,974, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to AGC INC. (Tokyo).
"Vehicular laminated glass having a light source and an optical element for introducing light into the glass" was invented by Takanori Matsushima (Tokyo), Kenichiro Shimo (Tokyo), Yusuke Ikeda (Tokyo), Masanobu Ogawa (Tokyo) and Hidenori Takai (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular laminated glass includes a first glass plate having a first main surface and a second main surface, a second glass plate having a third main surface and a fourth main surface, an adhesive interlayer disposed between the second main surface and the third main surface, a light source which ...