ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,709, issued on April 22, was assigned to Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA (Lippstadt, Germany).
"Lighting device for a vehicle" was invented by Ralf Seiger (Lippstadt, Germany), Sebastian Scholz (Soest, Germany) and Franz-Georg Willeke (Anroechte, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An illuminating apparatus for a vehicle, in particular a headlamp for a vehicle, comprises a housing, at least one light module for generating a light function, a supporting frame, which is pivotably arranged in the housing. The light module is mounted on the supporting frame such that it is pivoted along with the pivoting of the supporting frame. A manually actua...