ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,752, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle lighting apparatus" was invented by Won Sik Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle lighting apparatus includes a symbol plate disposed inside a garnish, an actuator coupled to the symbol plate to move the symbol plate, and a housing which supports the symbol plate and the actuator, wherein the symbol plate may include a first symbol part and a second symbol part of which positions are changed by operation of the actuator."

The patent was filed on Sept. 27, 2023, under Application No. 18/373,448.

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