ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,558, issued on July 28, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).
"Transportation vehicle component having integrated electronic-paper display and method for forming such component" was invented by Yujie Guo (Thornhill, Canada), Julien P. Mourou (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.), Chris A. Oberlitner (Shelby Township, Mich.) and Shane Russell Appel (Troy, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A body component for a transportation vehicle comprising an e-paper visible from a front side of the body component; a thermally protective material at least partially surrounding the e-paper; an injection molded body element located ...