ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,744, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).
"Vehicle roof and vehicle" was invented by Johann Minatti (Munich) and Alexander Walter (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle roof has a roof opening and a planar, transparent or translucent, roof element which seals the roof opening and is permanently connected to a roof frame of the vehicle roof. A ventilation device is integrated in the roof element and has a ventilation flap. The ventilation flap can be pivoted between a closed position in which the ventilation flap seals a ventilation opening and an open position in which the ventilation flap ...