US Patent Issued to VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES on Sept. 8 for "Motor vehicle member including a near field communication antenna" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,732,228, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to VITESCO TECHNOLOGIES GMBH (Regensburg, Germany).

"Motor vehicle member including a near field communication antenna" was invented by Olivier Gerardiere (Toulouse, France), Michele Ciocchetta (Toulouse, France) and Nisha Patel (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle member including a support, an electrically conductive coating deposited on the support and having an outer edge, and a near field communication antenna. The electrically conductive coating includes: at least a first opening, having an inner edge and arranged at least partially opposite the near field communi...