US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on July 7 for "Glass roof assembly for a motor vehicle" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,607, issued on July 7, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Glass roof assembly for a motor vehicle" was invented by Peter Biecker (Deisenhofen bei Muenchen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glass roof assembly for a motor vehicle includes roof glazing, a roofliner, a light-source receptacle, a latching element and a latching counter-element. The light-source receptacle is fixed to the roof glazing. The latching element is formed on the roofliner. The latching counter-element is formed on the light-source receptacle and is in engagement with the latching element. The light-source receptacle has a cutout in wh...