ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,987, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN SEKURIT FRANCE (Thourotte, France).

"Vehicle glazing with audio exciter" was invented by Jean-Philippe Boure (Ribecourt-Dreslincourt, France) and Antoine Lallement (Compiegne, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle glazing includes a glass sheet or a glazed assembly, a part made of plastic material partly covering the glass sheet or the glazed assembly, at least one fixing system for an audio exciter mounted on the glass sheet or on the glazed assembly, including a base and an attachment part, the base of the fixing system being connected to the part made of plastic material...