ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,535, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to AMS-OSRAM INTERNATIONAL GMBH (Regensburg, Germany).

"Automotive modules and methods for controlling thereof" was invented by Stefano Falero (New Rochelle, N.Y.), Michael Godwin (Oxford, Mich.) and Joseph Gasiewicz (Commerce, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automotive apparatus includes a heatsink; a lighting module coupled to the heat sink, the lighting module comprising one or more light sources, a light source driver for driving the one or more light sources; at least one microlens array comprising a plurality of microlenses comprising a plurality of sections, wherein each microlens...