ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,607, issued on March 4, was assigned to Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA (Lippstadt, Germany).

"Light guide for a lighting device of a vehicle and lighting device with such a light guide" was invented by Stefan Kohler (Lippstadt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light guide is provided for a lighting device of a vehicle. The light guide includes an entrance surface into which light can enter, at least one lateral exit surface from which a portion of the light that has entered can exit, an end region through which a portion of the light that has entered can exit. The end region is structured and/or shaped in such a way that a portion of ...