ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,346, issued on April 15, was assigned to MAGNA EXTERIORS INC. (Ontario, Calif.).
"Roof panel having bidirectional LED films" was invented by Jeff Bailey (Troy, Mich.), Joe Struttmann (Troy, Mich.) and Daniel Vander Sluis (Rochester Hills, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A roof panel module for a vehicle that includes a frame of the roof panel module connectable to a vehicle. The frame includes an opening that extends between an inside surface and outside surface of the frame. The frame further includes an inner piece having a plurality of inner flanges and an outside piece having a plurality of outside flanges which allows bondin...