ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,133, issued on June 23, was assigned to PO Lighting Czech, s.r.o. (Senov u Noveho Jicina, Czech Republic).

"Light guide for a motor vehicle illumination device for improving light homogeneity" was invented by Tomas Kreml (Senov u Noveho Jicina, Czech Republic), Jiri Martoch (Senov u Noveho Jicina, Czech Republic) and Radim Siuda (Senov u Noveho Jicina, Czech Republic).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light guide (26) for an illuminating device, the illuminating device adapted for vehicle exteriors and including an array of light sources (22), the light guide (26) including: a guide body (30) extending along a horizontal axis (X-X); an...