ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,978, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to INALFA ROOF SYSTEMS GROUP B.V. (Oostrum, Netherlands).
"Transparent roof panel having an isolated center unit" was invented by Thomas Anton Martijnszoon Albers (Venray, Netherlands), Sander De Bie (Nuth, Netherlands) and Gerrit Schwepper (Kamp-Lintfort, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transparent panel for use in a vehicle roof of a vehicle comprises a layered stack comprising a first and a second transparent pane and an electrically conductive assembly arranged between the second and the third main surface, wherein a through hole is provided in the second pane. The panel further c...