ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,068, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to YACHIYO INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Sayama, Japan).
"Manufacturing method for roof module" was invented by Moto Kikuchi (Tochigi, Japan) and Hirotaka Kamioka (Tochigi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manufacturing method for a roof module includes: a step of fixing a mounting member to an inner surface of a roof panel; a step of assembling a shade unit provided with a pair of guide rails, a shade sheet, and a winding device; a step of attaching a jig for keeping the guide rails parallel to each other to the shade unit; a step of fixing the shade unit to which the jig is attached to the mounting m...