ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,850, issued on May 27, was assigned to TOYODA GOSEI Co. LTD. (Aichi-pref., Japan).
"Vehicle exterior part" was invented by Hiroyuki Nakano (Kiyosu, Japan), Akihiro Hirose (Kiyosu, Japan), Kazuki Takao (Kiyosu, Japan) and Kozo Hirotani (Kiyosu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle exterior part includes a decoration body including a layer structure formed by laminating layers in a front-rear direction, and includes a heater sheet including a transparent sheet base and a heater wire. The decoration body includes a transparent resin layer at a frontmost part of the decoration body and a decorative layer located rearward from t...