ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,396, issued on June 17, was assigned to AGP America S.A. (Ciudad de Panama, Panama).
"Hybrid asymmetric automotive laminate" was invented by Mario Arturo Mannheim Astete (Lima, Peru), Osmar Curi Grados (Lima, Peru) and Vincenzo Mannino (Lima, Peru).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The laminated glazing proposed in this invention has an outer glass layer (201) with holes (20) and a thin inner facing glass layer (202) with shorter length dimension whereas the bottom edge (30) does not have holes on it and which does not overlap with the holes (20) in the outer glass layer (201). One or more retention layers (36), comprising reinforcement ...