ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,397, issued on June 17, was assigned to SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V. (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands).
"Three shot plastic tailgate" was invented by Geert Jan Schellekens (Glize, Netherlands) and Matteo Terragni (Misinto MB, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plastic glazing of a tailgate of a vehicle is provided, the plastic glazing comprising a translucent component, wherein a portion of the translucent component forms a rear window of the vehicle, a colored component molded onto the translucent component in a second shot, wherein the colored component comprises a lens of a light unit, a non-transparent component molded onto the...