ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,578, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Lisa Draxlmaier GmbH (Vilsbiburg, Germany).
"Interior component for vehicles" was invented by Christian Schlemmer (Landshut, Germany) and Bernhard Bayersdorfer (Baierbach, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interior component for a vehicle including a speaker cover that includes a carrier with a plurality of openings for the sound transmission through the carrier, and a sound permeable cladding that is disposed on a sound exit side of the carrier. The carrier is formed at least in sections as a light conductor in order to guide light introduced into the carrier to the openings and/or to ...