ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,814, issued on March 31, was assigned to Tesla Inc. (Austin, Texas).
"Automotive perforated insulated glass structure" was invented by Rosemary Mottsmith (Palo Alto, Calif.), William S. Sweney (Oakland, Calif.), Christopher R. Conklin (San Francisco) and HyunJun Shin (Palo Alto, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glass structure for a vehicle includes an outer layer of glass and an inner layer of glass. The inner layer of glass is perforated by a plurality of holes and the outer layer of glass and the inner layer of glass are separated by a gap disposed between opposing surfaces of the outer layer of glass and the inner layer o...