US Patent Issued to Panasonic Automotive Systems on Oct. 14 for "Display device, input device, and front cover member" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,169, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Panasonic Automotive Systems Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Display device, input device, and front cover member" was invented by Masaki Kontani (Osaka, Japan) and Takeshi Masutani (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display device includes: a front cover that is optically transmissive; a design sheet that is optically transmissive and is arranged on the front surface side or the back surface side of the front cover; a cushion layer that is optically transmissive and is arranged on the back surface side of the front cover; and a light source that is arranged on the back surface side...