ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,600,211, issued on April 14, was assigned to AGC INC. (Tokyo).

"Vehicle window part" was invented by Kazuhiro Takahashi (Tokyo), Ryoichi Urata (Tokyo), Naonori Hatta (Tokyo) and Takafumi Inoue (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle window parts assembly includes a fixed window glass with a division bar, the fixed window glass with a division bar including a fixed window glass having an outer periphery, a resin frame attached to the periphery, and a division bar attached to a surface of the resin frame opposite to the fixed window glass and having a guide portion formed therein, such that the resin frame and the division bar are...