ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,236, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to AUTONEUM MANAGEMENT AG (Winterthur, Switzerland).
"Automotive panel" was invented by Johannes Haberl (Zurich, Switzerland) and Radim Rehacek (Buchs, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method for producing an automotive panel with the steps of (a) providing a first extrudate of polycarbonate and additives (mixture A), and providing endless filament glass rovings (Component C), (b) feeding mixture A, and component C into the main extruder, and forming a final extrudate, (d) compression moulding the final extrudate into an automotive panel whereby a second mixture of polycarbonate and a sh...