ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,397,624, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Magna Exteriors Inc. (Aurora, Canada).
"Metal rib overmolding joining" was invented by Stanislav Tichy (Troy, Mich.), Riad Chaaya (Clarkston, Mich.), Mark P. Birka (Northville, Mich.), Christopher J. Kuntze (Goodrich, Mich.) and Heiner Salzmann (Metamora, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Metal rib overmolding joining including creating geometrical features in reinforcements for interconnecting a three-dimensional metal reinforcement to a metal base plate of an overmolding part in order to transfer load forces. Interlocked reinforcement is pre-assembled or assembled in an injection molding t...