ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,344,171, issued on July 1, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).
"Motor vehicle lighting module" was invented by Andreas Knoedler-Bunte (Munich) and Arne Koehler (Pliening, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle lighting module includes a housing which is made of a housing part and a circular or elliptical outer part secured thereto. The outer part is at least partly translucent and closes off the housing from the outside. The motor vehicle lighting module additionally has a plurality of light beam-emitting light sources which are received in the housing. The housing is equipped with a light guide system in...