US Patent Issued to Hella Saturnus Slovenija d.o.o. on Sept. 29 for "Illuminated panel for automotive applications" (Slovene, Slovenian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,748,251, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Hella Saturnus Slovenija d.o.o. (Ljubljana, Slovenia).

"Illuminated panel for automotive applications" was invented by Alen Bucar (Trebnje, Slovenia), Rok Stante (Ljubljana, Slovenia), Andrej Wagner (Ljubljana, Slovenia), Janez Kogovsek (Ljubljana, Slovenia) and Alenka Bajec Strle (Ljubljana, Slovenia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-layer panel structure for a vehicle is provided, and includes a first layer of an optically transparent material adapted to serve as a light guide. The first layer has an upper surface, a lower surface, and edges, and is configured to receive light from at ...