ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,962, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Ford Global Technologies LLC (Dearborn, Mich.).

"Vehicle lamp assembly having T-shaped connector" was invented by Nicholas James Nowicki (Southgate, Mich.) and Ketan K. Desai (Farmington Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle lamp assembly generally includes a housing having a light transmissive lens and one or more light bulb receptacles. One or more light bulbs are located in the one or more light bulb receptacles. A fascia assembly is configured to be assembled onto a vehicle. A T-shaped connector is provided on one of the housing and the fascia assembly, and a T-shaped slot is ...