ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,730, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to TOYODA GOSEI Co. LTD. (Aichi-pref., Japan).

"Vehicle light-emitting component" was invented by Yuto Arai (Kiyosu, Japan) and Hideki Toyoyama (Kiyosu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An outer lens 3 of a vehicle light-emitting component 1 includes a first molded part 31, and a second molded part 42 that has a light transmitting property different from a light transmitting property of the first molded part 31 and that is formed integrally with the first molded part 31. The second molded part 42 includes a second radial parting portion 45 adjacent to the first molded part 31 in a radial direc...