ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,059, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Ichikoh Industries Ltd. (Isehara, Japan).
"Light source unit for vehicular lighting tool and vehicular lighting tool" was invented by Yoshiro Sato (Isehara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light source unit for a vehicle lamp includes a light generating portion including a light source that emits excitation light, a light emitting layer constituted of an inorganic material and emitting generated light by irradiation of the excitation light, and a holding member that holds the layer; and a lens member that irradiates the generated light from the layer in a front direction in a vehicle-mou...