ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,632, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA (Lippstadt, Germany).
"Reflector element for a motor vehicle illumination device" was invented by Sebastian Schmelzer (Soest, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reflector element for a motor vehicle illumination device having a main body, a mirror layer disposed over the main body and comprising aluminum or silver, a protective layer disposed over the mirror layer and comprising siloxane, and a capping layer disposed over the protective layer and comprising a transition metal oxide. The protective layer and the capping layer each having a layer thickness of 10 nm to ...