ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,365, issued on June 10, was assigned to TOYOTA BOSHOKU K.K. (Aichi-ken, Japan).

"Vehicular interior component" was invented by Ryo Yamane (Aichi-ken, Japan) and Kosuke Tamaki (Aichi-ken, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular interior component to be mounted on a vehicular metal member includes a wall member and a skin disposed on a portion of the wall member. The wall member includes a wall body portion having a plate shape and a mounting portion that extends from the wall body portion and along the vehicular metal member and is to be fixed to the vehicular metal member. The skin includes an electricity removal surface lay...