ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,122, issued on March 25, was assigned to Harman Becker Automotive Systems Gmbh (Karlsbad-Ittersbach, Germany).

"Illumination module for a speaker" was invented by Henrik Kirkeby Jepsen (Vinderup, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an illumination module for a speaker in an automotive vehicle. According to one aspect, there is provided an illumination module for a speaker, the illumination module comprising: a holder configured to be attachable to the speaker; one or more light sources for emitting light; and one or more lenses for projecting light from the one or more light sources onto an illum...