ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,577, issued on March 31, was assigned to SAINT-GOBAIN SEKURIT FRANCE (Thourotte, France).
"Vehicle laminated pane" was invented by Stefanie Pengel (Herzogenrath, Germany) and Roberto Zimmermann (Herzogenrath, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle laminated pane, designed as a combined front and roof pane, has a lower and upper edges and two lateral pane edges includes an outer pane with an outer-side surface and an interior-side surface, an inner pane with an outer-side surface and an interior-side surface, and a thermoplastic intermediate layer which connects the outer pane to the inner pane. The vehicle laminated pane h...