ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,011, issued on May 27, was assigned to NISSAN MOTOR Co. LTD. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Dashboard body with a lacunary structure and integrated fluid circulation ducts" was invented by Loic Bezeault (Le Chesnay, France) and Robin Law (Garches, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dashboard body produced as a single piece, in particular by three-dimensional printing, and having a lacunary structure defining at least one fluid circulation duct having at least one opening. The one or more fluid circulation ducts can be connected to an auxiliary device, such as an air conditioning device, which can be fixed to the dashboard body."

The paten...