ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,972, issued on May 13, was assigned to Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA (Lippstadt, Germany).
"Arrangement for a vehicle lamp" was invented by Heinrich Schaefer (Bad Wuennenberg, Germany) and Christoph Seeberg-Elverfeldt (Wadersloh, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arrangement is provided for a vehicle lamp having a flexible printed circuit board, a means of reinforcement of one area of the flexible printed circuit board that is connected to the flexible printed circuit board, an LED that is arranged in this area on the printed circuit board, and a means of shaping light that can be emitted by the LED. The means of shaping light includ...