ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,946, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Rear spoiler having ambient lighting and a high mounted stop lamp" was invented by Dakota E Weinman (Dublin, Ohio) and David J Rose (West Mansfield, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spoiler having a high-mounted stop light, and a rear ambient light is disclosed. The spoiler includes an inner component secured to the tailgate skin and an outer component secured to the inner component to define a spoiler chamber therebetween. The outer component includes an upper portion and a lower portion. An upper opening is defined in the upper portion. A lower opening is d...