US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA, on Oct. 21 for "Variable lighting apparatus with drive unit to change light output to a plurality of optical fibers" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,619, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and SL Corp. (Daegu, South Korea).

"Variable lighting apparatus with drive unit to change light output to a plurality of optical fibers" was invented by Joon Bo Shim (Hanam-si, South Korea) and Ji Yeon Kim (Gyeongsan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A variable lighting apparatus allows the light to selectively enter the plurality of optical fibers by changing the position of the light output member having a circular plate shape in the state in which the number of light sources is minimized, such that the op...