US Patent Issued to Flex-N-Gate Advanced Product Development on April 14 for "Light assembly for DRL and turn functions" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,459, issued on April 14, was assigned to Flex-N-Gate Advanced Product Development LLC (Windsor, Canada).

"Light assembly for DRL and turn functions" was invented by Todd Nykerk (Holland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light source comprises an array of both white and amber LEDs. One or more light pipes are disposed adjacent the array of LEDs. An optical sheet is disposed adjacent the light pipe(s) wherein light modifying elements of the optical sheet are aligned perpendicular to the array of LEDs. During DRL activation, both white and amber LEDs illuminate, altering the output from a bluish-white to a warmer tone by integrat...