ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,440, issued on May 12, was assigned to FUYAO GLASS INDUSTRY GROUP Co. LTD. (Fuqing, China).

"Windshield for vehicle and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Lele Tu (Fuqing, China), Hui Wang (Fuqing, China), Xianping Liu (Fuqing, China), Jinliang Guan (Fuqing, China) and Feng Cai (Fuqing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A windshield for a vehicle and a method for manufacturing the windshield are provided in the disclosure. The windshield includes an outer glass panel, an inner glass panel, and an intermediate adhesive layer. An opaque masking layer is disposed on at least one surface of the windshield. The opaque ma...