ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,648, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V. (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands).
"Hybrid composite tailgate" was invented by Ilona Maria Francois Grond-Soons (Schimmert, Netherlands), Davy Wilhelmus Anna Brands (Maastricht, Netherlands), David Vincentius Wilhelmus Maria De Vries (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Sandeep Chandrakant Kulkarni (Maastricht, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a hybrid tailgate for a vehicle, comprising a thermoplastic inner structure forming the carrier frame of the tailgate, and at least one composite reinforcement part to reinforce the carrier frame, wherei...