ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,799, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Ichikoh Industries Ltd. (Isehara, Japan).

"Lighting fixture for vehicle" was invented by Kenji Matsuoka (Isehara, Japan) and Kunihiro Shimizu (Isehara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting fixture for a vehicle efficiently releases heat from a light source while inhibiting moisture from entering the light source side. The lighting fixture includes: a light source; a heat dissipating member which dissipates heat from the light source, the light source being placed on an installation surface of the heat dissipating member; and a socket to which the heat dissipating member is attached. Th...