US Patent Issued to MAGNA EXTERIORS on Aug. 5 for "Integrated in-surface lens assembly" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,781, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to MAGNA EXTERIORS INC. (Aurora, Canada).

"Integrated in-surface lens assembly" was invented by Daniel Vander Sluis (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Patrick Gerrity (Dearborn, Mich.) and Oliver Pace (Clarkston, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A seamless lighting arrangement for a vehicle panel. The vehicle panel has an inside surface and an outside surface. The vehicle panel has a light aperture extending from the inside surface of the vehicle panel to the outside surface of the vehicle panel. Connected to the inside surface of the vehicle panel is a bracket. The seamless lighting arrangement further ...