US Patent Issued to Fisker IP/Austria Assets Trust on Dec. 30 for "Automobile having retractable rear quarter windows" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,883, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Fisker IP/Austria Assets Trust (New York).

"Automobile having retractable rear quarter windows" was invented by Henrik Fisker (Los Angeles) and Martin Welch (Hermosa Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automobile includes a body side panel including: a first pillar disposed rearward of a door of the automobile; a second pillar disposed rearward of the first pillar; an interior panel connecting the first pillar and the second pillar; a rear quarter panel attached to the exterior of the body side panel and forming a cavity between the rear quarter panel and the interior panel; and a r...