ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,076, issued on March 18, was assigned to TOYOTA BOSHOKU K.K. (Aichi-ken, Japan) and TOKAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD. (Gifu-ken, Japan).
"Vehicular interior component" was invented by Ryo Yamane (Aichi-ken, Japan), Yoshiaki Taniguchi (Aichi-ken, Japan) and Mari Azumi (Gifu-ken, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular interior component includes an interior component body and a mounting member mounted on the interior component body and having a contact surface that is touched by an occupant's hand. The mounting member includes a base member including a body that is held by the occupant and a mounting portion extending from the ...