ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,186, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to TPK Auto Tech (Xiamen) Ltd. (Xiamen, China).

"Vehicle display apparatus" was invented by Shih Hao Chen (Hsinchu County, Taiwan), Xiao Xia You (Jianyang, China), Xiao Qin Lin (Zhangpu County, China) and Cong Xiao (Xiamen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle display apparatus includes a cover plate, a display module, a frameless backlight module, a housing, a main circuit board, and a mounting bracket. The display module has a cable located in a non-visible area. The frameless backlight module is disposed on a side of the display module away from the cover plate. The housing includes...