ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,351, issued on July 15, was assigned to Magna Exteriors Inc. (Aurora, Canada).
"Three dimensional overmolding" 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: "A three-dimensional overmolding and process for manufacturing same. The three-dimensional overmolding has a three-dimensional structure with overmolding, which gives significant performance benefits. Assembly and joining of reinforcements is done before the overmolding or in the injection molding tool. The ...