ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,177, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Grote Industries Inc. (Madison, Ind.).
"Multifunction vehicle lamp" was invented by Sankalp Pampattiwar (Madison, Ind.), Yogesh Kubal (Madison, Ind.) and Cesar Perez-Bolivar (Madison, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lamp for a vehicle or other object that includes multiple functions. In one aspect, the lamp includes a first circuit for emitting a first color light (such as red light), and at least a second circuit for emitting a second color of light (such as amber light). In another aspect, the lamp optionally includes a microcontroller that may be programmed to control the activation of...