US Patent Issued to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS on Oct. 14 for "Transparent structural composites with encapsulated micro-LEDs" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,374, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Transparent structural composites with encapsulated micro-LEDs" was invented by Bradley Allen Newcomb (Troy, Mich.), Julien P. Mourou (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) and Thomas S. Prevost (West Bloomfield, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transparent structural component including embedded light emitting diodes (LEDs) includes a transparent layer. A plurality of LEDs is arranged on the transparent layer. A plurality of interconnections is made to the plurality of LEDs. A plurality of structural fibers arranged adjacent to the transparent layer. A ...