US Patent Issued to GRUPO ANTOLIN-INGENIERIA, S. A. on May 6 for "Vehicle trim panel having a switching function" (German, Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,146, issued on May 6, was assigned to GRUPO ANTOLIN-INGENIERIA, S. A. (Burgos, Spain).

"Vehicle trim panel having a switching function" was invented by Rodrigo Domingo De La Torre Martin (Burgos, Spain) and Demetrio Galindez Olascoaga (Bamberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vehicle trim panel having a switching function comprising a decorative front panel which conceals a switching device having switching areas defined on the decorative front panel for controlling vehicle functions and a lighting device for backlighting said switching areas. Particularly the switching device comprises a sensor foil comprising a light transmi...