US Patent Issued to Honda Motor on April 8 for "Protective button assembly for exterior surfaces of vehicles" (Michigan, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,271,219, issued on April 8, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Protective button assembly for exterior surfaces of vehicles" was invented by Tomoya Hagihara (Novi, Mich.), Timothy B. Allen (Dublin, Ohio) and Antonio Emilio Sanchez Aguilar (Birmingham, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A button assembly for an exterior of a vehicle is disclosed. The button assembly is designed with improved water drainage properties. The button assembly includes a button switch and a bezel housing surrounding the button switch that is spaced apart from the button switch. A channel extends between the two components. In one example, the chan...