ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,769, issued on June 24, was assigned to Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH (Hagenbach, Germany).

"Control unit for a vehicle interior and method for producing the control unit" was invented by Rene Zemmrich (Hagenbach, Germany) and Raquel Machado (L'Isle Adam, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a control unit for a vehicle interior. In particular, the control unit can comprise an information region with symbols, wherein some symbols are always visible and some symbols are only visible when they are back lit. The application also relates to a method for producing a corresponding control unit. The cont...