ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,351,008, issued on July 8, was assigned to Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. KG Bamberg (Germany).

"Door module for a vehicle door, vehicle door and production method" was invented by Michael Thienel (Thurnau, Germany), Eike Ritthaler (Bischberg, Germany) and Andre Carl (Coburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door module for a vehicle door, having at least one region, which is substantially formed by an organosheet. In particular, the door module has at least two different types of organosheet, by means of which different regions of the door module are formed."

The patent was filed on Oct. 7, 2019, under Application No. 17/283,634....