US Patent Issued to KOITO MANUFACTURING on Nov. 3 for "Vehicle headlamp" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,937, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to KOITO MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Vehicle headlamp" was invented by Masanori Kito (Shizuoka, Japan), Yuta Tsuyuki (Shizuoka, Japan), Takaya Shimizu (Shizuoka, Japan), Taishi Hommiya (Shizuoka, Japan), Hiroki Kawai (Shizuoka, Japan) and Tatsuki Atsumi (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle headlamp includes a projection lens, a light source arranged behind a rear focal point of the projection lens, and an optical member that controls light emitted from the light source. The optical member includes a shade that is located near the rear focal point of the projection lens and ...