ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,143, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to VALEO VISION (Bobigny, France).

"Light guide element, lighting device and vehicle" was invented by Xihui Mo (Foshan, China), Zhilin Su (Foshan, China) and Junlun Dong (Foshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light guide element including at least one light guide unit, each light guide unit having at least one first light entry part, at least one first reflecting part, a second reflecting part and a first light exit part. The second reflecting part and the first light exit part are disposed in a peripheral region of the light guide unit. The first light entry part receives light rays from...