US Patent Issued to TOYODA GOSEI on March 3 for "Exterior structure, vehicle exterior structure, and method for controlling exterior structure" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,142, issued on March 3, was assigned to TOYODA GOSEI Co. LTD. (Aichi-pref., Japan).

"Exterior structure, vehicle exterior structure, and method for controlling exterior structure" was invented by Shunsuke Aoyama (Kiyosu, Japan), Koji Okumura (Kiyosu, Japan), Koji Fukagawa (Kiyosu, Japan), Hiroaki Ando (Kiyosu, Japan) and Takeshi Yagami (Kiyosu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exterior structure includes a non-light-transmitting portion configured to not transmit an external light, and a light-transmitting portion arranged near the non-light-transmitting portion and configured to reflect and transmit the external light. Light ...