US Patent Issued to OPmobility on July 1 for "Multi-layer motor vehicle exterior part comprising a heating element" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,177, issued on July 1, was assigned to OPmobility SE (Lyons, France).

"Multi-layer motor vehicle exterior part comprising a heating element" was invented by Frederic Stablo (Sainte-Julie, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Motor vehicle exterior part comprising: a wall comprising a face intended to be visible from outside the vehicle, the face being coated with a first layer; a second layer covering the first layer; and a heating element arranged between the two layers on the first layer, the first layer comprising an area of increased thickness and the heating element being arranged only on the area of increased thickness of the f...