US Patent Issued to GENTEX on July 15 for "Connection methods for power removable and/or movable dimmable device" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,352, issued on July 15, was assigned to GENTEX Corp. (Zeeland, Mich.).

"Connection methods for power removable and/or movable dimmable device" was invented by Drew D. Brennan (Holland, Mich.), Danny L. Minikey Jr. (Fenwick, Mich.), John B. Ostreko (Hudsonville, Mich.) and Andrew J. LeVesque (Holland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A window apparatus of a vehicle includes a removable panel that selectively encloses an exterior opening of the vehicle. A window having an electro-optic element is connected to the removable panel. A connection interface is configured to selectively connect the removable panel to the vehicle. The con...