ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,974, issued on March 3, was assigned to Valeo Vision (Bobigny, France).

"Lighting module with interconnected PCB assemblies" was invented by Romain Frenehard (Bobigny, France) and Pierre Placais (Bobigny, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an automotive lighting module able to perform front lighting functions. The lighting module includes at least a first Printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) mounted with at least one light source, a heat sink adapted to dissipate heat, at least a second PCBA, where at least the first PCBA is supported by the heat sink; and one or more reflectors. The first PCBA an...