US Patent Issued to Hyundai Mobis on Feb. 10 for "Optical device, method of manufacturing the same, and vehicle including the optical device" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,449, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Optical device, method of manufacturing the same, and vehicle including the optical device" was invented by Eun Bi Kwon (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Seok Ho Jeong (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical device, a method of manufacturing same, and a vehicle therefor are provided. The optical device includes a printed circuit board (PCB); light emitting diodes (LEDs) spaced apart from each other on the PCB, a light guide layer with the LEDs embedded therein, and a pattern layer stacked on a side surface of the light guide lay...