ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,826, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA (Lippstadt, Germany).
"Lighting device for a motor vehicle" was invented by Martin Muegge (Geseke, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting device for a motor vehicle, has at least one light source, a flat light guide with an entry surface and at least one exit surface. At least one optical component is designed as an optical panel or optical film. The lighting device being configured so that the light generated by the at least one light source enters, at least in part, through the entry surface and into the light guide. The light entering through the entry surfac...