US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on March 18 for "Fiber composite component with lighting function" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,895, issued on March 18, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Fiber composite component with lighting function" was invented by Cornelia Reinhardt (Furth, Germany), Mirko Schade (Landshut, Germany) and Bernhard Zeilmeier (Geisenhausen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fiber composite component with a lighting function includes a fiber reinforced unit with at least two fiber layers integrated into a plastics matrix, and an electroluminescent light having a light source arranged between two adjacent fiber layers, the light source including a first insulating layer and a second insulating layer which electrica...