ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,823, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Stanley Electric Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Vehicle lamp" was invented by Koji Sato (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light guide body has a first curved portion curved from a diverging portion toward the one side in a first direction, a second curved portion curved from the diverging portion toward the other side in the first direction, and the diverging portion is formed so that a boundary between at least the first curved portion and the second curved portion draws a straight line in a cross section of a second direction which is perpendicular to an axial direction of a first light guide part....