ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,390, issued on April 15, was assigned to Emergency Technology Inc. (Hudsonville, Mich.).

"Auxilliary illumination assembly for a vehicle" was invented by Douglas V. Baker (Hudsonville, Mich.), James William Kulaga (Hudsonville, Mich.), Patrick James Eiswerth (Grand Rapids, Mich.) and Weston Harness (Hudsonville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An illumination assembly is configured for providing auxiliary illumination for use with a vehicle. The illumination assembly includes a housing. The housing defines an interior with an open face. A frame is provided at the open face. A lens cover is coupled to the open face and at least pa...