ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,695, issued on April 7, was assigned to Volvo Car Corp. (Gothenburg, Sweden).

"Antenna for a glass roof of a vehicle" was invented by Hanieh Aliakbariabar (Gothenburg, Sweden), Christian Lotback (Gothenburg, Sweden), Xiaotian Li (Gothenburg, Sweden) and Buon Kiong Lau (Gothenburg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to an antenna for a glass roof of a vehicle. The antenna can comprise a radiator for radiating electromagnetic waves. The radiator can be configured to be disposed between two glass layers of the glass roof. The radiator can be configured for feeding a signal to a receiver. The antenna can be subs...