ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,978, issued on June 3, was assigned to Novem Car Interior Design GmbH (Vorbach, Germany).
"Method for producing a decorative part for a vehicle interior" was invented by Philipp Weih (Haag, Germany) and Andreas Karl (Speinshart, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing a vehicle interior decorative part comprises providing a substrate film, forming a composite layer by applying a decorative ply to a first side of the substrate film, micro-perforating the decorative ply in one or more regions, inserting the composite layer made of substrate film and micro-perforated decorative ply into a cavity of an injection mold...