ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,166, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).
"Decorative grille for a vehicle front" was invented by Haci Korkusuz Janket (Putzbrunn, Germany) and Martin Riedner (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A decorative grille for a front of a vehicle is provided. The decorative grille has a grille frame connectible to the vehicle front, and a lighting device. The decorative grille frame accommodates the lighting device. The lighting device is located entirely behind a point which is frontmost relative to the vehicle longitudinal direction of the decorative grille frame."
The patent was filed on June 2, 20...