ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,030, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to TOYOTA BOSHOKU K.K. (Aichi, Japan).
"Interior component" was invented by Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi (Aichi-ken, Japan), Yohei Ishizu (Aichi-ken, Japan) and Mitsutaka Sako (Aichi-ken, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present interior component includes a plate-shaped base material to be fastened to the base member and a skin material for covering the front surface of the base material. The skin material has a woven fabric in which an optical fiber is woven as a constituent yarn, the skin material is provided with a folded portion turned back to the back surface of the base material while being f...