ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,197, issued on July 29, was assigned to SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V. (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands).
"Exterior panel assembly for a vehicle" was invented by Erhard Bruss (GA Geleen, Netherlands) and Ronald Van Der Wal (GA Geleen, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an exterior panel assembly for a vehicle, the assembly comprising a sheet having side edges, a first and second surface opposite of each other, and comprising a thermoplastic material, wherein the sheet is transparent to electromagnetic radiation in at least one of the ranges for radio waves, infrared radiation, visible light and ultraviole...