ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,757, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Lisa Draxlmaier GmbH (Vilsbiburg, Germany).
"Method for manufacturing an interior component for vehicles" was invented by Wolfgang Gschaider (Niederaichbach, Germany), Marco Reis (Bodenkirchen, Germany), Willi Butz (Andermannsdorf, Germany), Franz Hubauer (Schalkham, Germany) and Friedrich Graf (Eggenfelden, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for the manufacturing of an interior component for vehicles includes arranging a heating element in an injection mold and injecting a plastic melt into the injection mold in order to produce a base body. The heating element is disposed on a surf...