ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,229, issued on March 18, was assigned to HELLA GMBH & Co. KGAA (Lippstadt, Germany).

"Illumination device for vehicles" was invented by Michael Schone (Lippstadt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a lighting device for vehicles comprising a plurality of light sources, with a lens arranged in front of the light sources in the main emission direction and with an optical element assembly arranged between the light sources and the lens, wherein the optical element assembly is configured as an intermediate lens, which comprises a plurality of prisms on a light entry side facing the light sources for collecti...