ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,864, issued on May 27, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).
"Decorative layer for an interior trim part and interior trim part having the decorative layer" was invented by Thomas Aumann (Buch am Erlbach, Germany), Florian Dechant (Adlkofen, Germany), Maike Dieckmann (Landshut, Germany) and Johann Gasslhuber (Buch am Erlbach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A decorative layer for an interior trim part for covering and/or receiving an airbag in a motor vehicle is able to be arranged in a detachable and/or position-adjustable manner on a carrier element of the interior trim part. The decorative layer has a predet...