ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,058, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to ZKW Group GmbH (Wieselburg, Austria).
"Method for producing a semi-transparent motor-vehicle design element" was invented by Jochen Sattler (St. Georgen am Ybbsfeld, Austria), Thomas Haas (Mank, Austria) and Lukas Dienstbier (Wieselburg an der Erlauf, Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for producing a semi-transparent motor vehicle design element (3), comprising the following steps: A providing a dimensionally stable, at least partially light-permeable substrate (1) which is heat-resistant for a temperature of at least 60deg C., the substrate (1) having a f...