US Patent Issued to KAWASAKI MOTORS on Oct. 6 for "Exterior member" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,754,353, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to KAWASAKI MOTORS LTD. (Akashi, Japan).

"Exterior member" was invented by Daisuke Sugimoto (Tokyo) and Mitsuru Kobayashi (Akashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided an exterior member having a light transmitting property. The exterior member includes a reflective design portion having unevenness provided on a front surface portion of the exterior member. The unevenness reflecting light from a light source disposed around the reflective design portion. The exterior member according to the present disclosure can produce a design by reflection and a design by transmission depending...