US Patent Issued to Hella on May 27 for "Fresnel projection lens with integrated function for satisfying overhead sign values" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,235, issued on May 27, was assigned to Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA (Lippstadt, Germany).

"Fresnel projection lens with integrated function for satisfying overhead sign values" was invented by Carmen Bungenstock (Kleinenberg, Germany), Mathias Drueppel (Lippstadt, Germany), Gerhard Kloos (Erwitte, Germany), Philip Stroop (Schloss Holte-Stukenbrock, Germany) and Benjamin Willeke (Paderborn, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Fresnel projection lens for a headlight of a motor vehicle having a light entry surface, wherein the light entry surface has a smooth or substantially smooth surface, and with a light exit surface. The light exit s...