US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on Oct. 21 for "Illuminable vehicle component, and motor vehicle having an illuminable vehicle component" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,896, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Illuminable vehicle component, and motor vehicle having an illuminable vehicle component" was invented by Nicolas Behrens (Marzling, Germany) and Patrick Dumm (Offenstetten, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An illuminable vehicle component includes a visible side and a component surface that is arranged on the visible side and provided with a three-dimensional structure pattern. At least one first light-producing device is arranged in a defined position relative to the component surface such that light emitted thereby illuminates first structure port...