US Patent Issued to International Automotive Components Group North America on May 27 for "Lighting device, interior trim assembly including the lighting device and method of manufacturing a trim assembly" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,840, issued on May 27, was assigned to International Automotive Components Group North America Inc. (Southfield, Mich.).

"Lighting device, interior trim assembly including the lighting device and method of manufacturing a trim assembly" was invented by Robert Gorfer (Ebersberg, Germany) and Carter Scott Cannon (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting device for an interior trim part includes a light strip; a light strip carrier attached to the light strip along the length of the light strip, the light strip carrier including a laminar material; an adapter to which the light strip carrier is attached along the length of the l...