ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,388, issued on April 15, was assigned to Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA (Lippstadt, Germany).

"Headlamp for a vehicle having a novel basic structure, and production method" was invented by Ansgar Gollnick (Paderborn, Germany) and Hubertus Hering (Werl, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A headlights for a vehicle and a method for production with at least one light module designed to emit light and with a headlight lens through which the light can be emitted from the headlight. A housing is provided which, together with the headlight lens, encloses an interior in which the at least one light module is arranged. A support unit is provided on...