ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,186, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to HELLA GMBH & Co. KGAA (Lippstadt, Germany).
"Lighting device for vehicles" was invented by Martin Kappelhoff (Bad Sassendorf, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to a lighting device for vehicles having a housing, which is arranged in a corner region of a vehicle, having a light-permeable lens which closes off an opening of the housing, wherein a light module with a light source and with an optical unit for generating a predetermined light distribution is arranged in the housing and wherein a side marker reflex reflector extending in the main beam direction of the li...