ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,916, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA (Lippstadt, Germany).

"Printed circuit board for use with an exterior lighting device of a motor vehicle, and motor vehicle" was invented by Martin Kappelhoff (Bad Sassendorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A printed circuit board which can be used as an identical part embodied in different exterior lighting devices of a motor vehicle. The printed circuit board includes a first connecting interface and a second connecting interface, each for accommodating a plug for establishing an electrical connection between the printed circuit board and at least one component t...