US Patent Issued to Hella on April 22 for "Light-guide element for a lighting device for a motor vehicle" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,776, issued on April 22, was assigned to Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA (Lippstadt, Germany).

"Light-guide element for a lighting device for a motor vehicle" was invented by Carsten Hohmann (Warstein, Germany) and Martin Muegge (Geseke, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light-guide element for a lighting device for a motor vehicle, wherein the light-guide element has a defined position for a light-emitting diode, a first reflection surface, a second reflection surface, and an outcoupling surface. The defined position, the first reflection surface, the second reflection surface, and the output coupling surface are arranged relative to on...