US Patent Issued to TOYODA GOSEI on May 19 for "Vehicle exterior part" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,630,100, issued on May 19, was assigned to TOYODA GOSEI Co. LTD. (Aichi-pref., Japan).

"Vehicle exterior part" was invented by Kozo Hirotani (Kiyosu, Japan), Kimihiro Iimura (Kiyosu, Japan), Kazuki Takao (Kiyosu, Japan), Akihiro Hirose (Kiyosu, Japan) and Hiroyuki Nakano (Kiyosu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle exterior part includes a body, a heater wire, a socket formed integrally with the body, and a connector pin. Part of the connector pin is embedded into the socket. The heater wire extends into the socket and is joined to the connector pin. The socket is configured to accept a power supply plug. The vehicle exterior p...