ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,772, issued on April 22, was assigned to Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA (Lippstadt, Germany).
"Lighting module and lighting method for generating two different lighting effects" was invented by Bjorn DreBler (Menden, Germany) and Fabian Schuler (Lippstadt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting module is provided for generating two different lighting effects, and includes at least one light source, a first primary optical element, a second primary optical element, and a projection lens. The first primary optical element contains a diffusion surface diffusing the light beams from the light source to homogenously light the projections...