ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,911, issued on March 24, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Antenna assembly mounted to an interior surface of a dielectric structure" was invented by Gregg R. Kittinger (Oakland Township, Mich.), Patrick Edward Leavy (Akron, Mich.), Patrick J. Alvarez (Troy, Mich.), Duane S. Carper (Davison, Mich.), Timothy Brockett (Malibu, Calif.) and Hyok Jae Song (Oak Park, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An antenna assembly mounted to an interior surface of a dielectric structure includes an antenna including a conductive patch defining an aperture, an upper surface, and a lower surface, where the upper surfa...