ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,787,141, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Koito Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Rear turn lamp" was invented by Hayato Nakaoka (Shizuoka, Japan) and Yuichi Nakazawa (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "When a turn synchronization signal stays high, and a sequential turn-on prohibition signal is negated, the first lamp unit sequentially turns on a plurality of first light emitting elements, and after completion of turning-on of the plurality of first light emitting elements, then transmits a turn-on instruction signal to the second lamp unit. When the turn synchronization signal stays high, and the sequential turn-on prohibiti...