US Patent Issued to TOYODA GOSEI on Aug. 25 for "Vehicle exterior component" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,565, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to TOYODA GOSEI Co. LTD. (Aichi-pref., Japan).

"Vehicle exterior component" was invented by Yuki Tanaka (Kiyosu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The vehicle exterior component includes a light source, a resin housing that includes an opening portion and accommodates the light source, and a cover welded to a peripheral edge of the housing. The cover includes a cover body and a resin frame bonded to a peripheral edge of the cover body. The cover body includes a resin base that has visible light transmittance and a decorative member laminated onto an outer surface of the base. The decorative mem...