ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,127, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Nichia Corp. (Anan, Japan).
"Lighting module and lighting device" was invented by Masaru Kato (Sagamihara, Japan) and Hiroshi Miyairi (Yokohama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting module includes: a substrate; a light source located on the substrate; a first lens on which light emitted from the light source is to be incident; and a first holder to which the substrate and the first lens are fixed. Light exiting the first lens is substantially parallel light that is substantially parallel to the optical axis when viewed from a first direction intersecting an optical axis of the lig...