US Patent Issued to ASCORIUM on Sept. 2 for "Skin for a vehicle interior trim part containing an operating element" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,403,847, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to ASCORIUM GMBH (Konigswinter, Germany).

"Skin for a vehicle interior trim part containing an operating element" was invented by Yvan Vanluchene (Wetteren, Belgium) and Geert Trossaert (Wetteren, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The skin (1) comprises at least an outer elastomeric layer (5) with an inner surface and an outer surface and at least one operating element (8A) which is adhered to the inner surface of the outer skin layer (5). The operating element (8A) is intended to be connected to an electric or electronic component to enable to control the operation of this component. In orde...