ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,736, issued on July 29, was assigned to Magna Exteriors GmbH (Sailauf, Germany).
"Method for producing components of an outer skin of a vehicle" was invented by Johannes Goetzelmann (Altertheim, Germany) and Klaus Muenker (Griesstaett, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing components of an outer skin of a vehicle with a film, which is back-molded at least from one a front side or rear side with clear plastics material, includes subjecting the film to a thermoforming process in order to generate the desired three-dimensional form. The film is subjected to further steps for preparation of the back-molding, inclu...