ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,384, issued on April 15, was assigned to Ichikoh Industries Ltd. (Isehara, Japan).

"Vehicle lighting appliance lens, vehicle lighting appliance unit, and vehicle lighting appliance device" was invented by Kei Onoma (Isehara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle lighting appliance lens, a vehicle lighting appliance unit, and a vehicle lighting appliance device each includes an incidence part, a second reflective surface, a cutoff-line forming part, and an emission surface. The cutoff-line forming part is provided in the left-right direction of a vehicle. As a result, the flowability of resin is improved, the control of a low-...