ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,670, issued on July 28, was assigned to JOYSONQUIN Automotive Systems Gmbh (Rutesheim, Germany).
"Method for manufacturing a trim element" was invented by Martin Schmidt (Gerabronn, Germany) and Claudia Wengert (Pforzheim, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cost-effective and resource-saving method for manufacturing a trim element, in particular a trim element which is used as a vehicle interior lining element. The trim element has a rear side reinforcement layer and a decorative surface. In the method according to the invention, a first layer is bonded in a first lamination step under pressure and heat to a first lamination an...