ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,118, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA (Lippstadt, Germany).
"Lighting device, lighting system and motor vehicle" was invented by Martin Mugge (Geseke, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting device for a motor vehicle with a printed circuit board populated with numerous light-emitting diodes, an optical panel, and a reflector element between the printed circuit board and the optical panel. The reflector element is subdivided into numerous segments. Each light-emitting diode is dedicated to a segment, such that light emitted from the light-emitting diodes is reflected by the segments of the reflecto...