ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,712, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Zhejiang ZEEKR Intelligent Technology Co. Ltd. (Ningbo, China) and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. Ltd. (Hangzhou, China).

"Hidden belt weatherstrip assembly" was invented by Yang Li (Ningbo, China), Yanan Xu (Ningbo, China), Liang Ji (Ningbo, China) and Xianghui Lin (Ningbo, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hidden belt weatherstrip assembly is provided on a vehicle door sheet metal with a first positioning member. The hidden belt weatherstrip assembly includes an outer belt weatherstrip. A first injection-molded joint corner is provided on an end side of the outer belt weatherstrip. A f...