ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,274, issued on May 6, was assigned to AUTONEUM MANAGEMENT AG (Winterthur, Switzerland).
"Automotive trim part based on recycled materials" was invented by Andrew Beam (Lexington, Ky.) and Marita Hess (Benton, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automotive trim part is provided made of a laminated structure generally consisting of a thermoplastic core layer extruded from at least one feedstock derived from recycled material. The feedstock may consist at least partially of vehicle trim part waste from another vehicle, or trim part waste associated with an automotive trim part the same or similar to the part being produced. The core l...