US Patent Issued to Ichikoh Industries on July 1 for "Lighting tool for vehicles" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,387, issued on July 1, was assigned to Ichikoh Industries Ltd. (Isehara, Japan).

"Lighting tool for vehicles" was invented by Takaaki Tsuchiya (Isehara, Japan) and Kenji Matsuoka (Isehara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is desirable that light functions such as a daytime running lamp, a positioning lamp, and a turn indicator lamp each take an optimal heat dissipation structure. A first light function and a second light function for executing light functions such as a daytime running lamp, a positioning lamp, and a turn indicator lamp are executed by LEDs each including a light source, protection resin, and a light source plat...