ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,712, issued on March 11, was assigned to Ichikoh Industries Ltd. (Isehara, Japan).
"Vehicle light fixture" was invented by Yasuhiro Okubo (Isehara, Japan) and Yasufumi Suzuki (Isehara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle light fixture include a first light distribution illuminator that emits a first light distribution to the front of a vehicle, and a second light distribution illuminator that emits a second light distribution having a light-dark boundary line at least on a side of the vehicle, wherein illumination of the first light distribution illuminator and the second light distribution illuminator is controlled in re...