ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,179, issued on July 14, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).
"Vehicle roof module" was invented by Adrian Grech (Germering, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle roof module has a glass roof part extending at least over a portion of a vehicle roof surface, the lower face of which overlaps in some regions with a vehicle roof lining. A sunshade unit having a textile is provided, which, in order to shade a vehicle interior, can be arranged so as to be detachable by means of a magnetic connection unit between the lower face of the glass roof part and the vehicle interior. The connection unit has at least one g...