ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,849, issued on May 27, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE (Courbevoie, France).

"Exterior trimming part for pillar of vehicle" was invented by Jun Tan (Shanghai), Xiaofeng Guo (Shanghai) and Michael Labrot (Aachen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exterior trimming part for a pillar of a vehicle, includes a bracket fixedly connected to the pillar, and a glass cover plate fixedly connected to the bracket and covering an exterior surface of the bracket. The bracket has a receiving space opened at least towards the glass cover plate. The exterior trimming part further includes an electronic component disposed at the rece...