ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,168, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Valeo Japan Co. Ltd. (Saitama, Japan).
"Light emitting device and switch device" was invented by Ayami Sato (Chennai, India), Vinothkumar Ravi (Chennai, India) and Prithiviraj Vimalkumar (Chennai, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light emitting device includes at least two light sources arranged side by side in a first direction and a light guide placed opposed to the light sources. As viewed in an opposing direction of the light sources and the light guide, a light receiving surface of the light guide overlaps light emitting surfaces of the light sources. As viewed in the opposing dire...