ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,705, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Faurecia Clarion Electronics Europe (Paris).

"Lighting device and vehicle component comprising such a lighting device" was invented by Edouard Da Silva (Herblay, France), Romain Feilleux (Epinay sur Seine, France) and James Gourlay (Dumbarton, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting device having a support supporting first light emitting diodes and second light emitting diodes each having a light emitting surface, wherein the light emitting surface of each first light emitting diode has a first area and the light emitting surface of each second light emitting diode has a second ...