ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,857, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to KOITO MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Vehicular lamp" was invented by Teppei Muramatsu (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular lamp (100) includes a substrate (24), a light source (22a), a projection lens (30), and a light guidance body (40) having an incident surface (44a). A first space (201) is provided between a first region (441b) and the substrate (24), the first region (441b) including, on the incident surface (44a), a part of an outer peripheral edge of the incident surface (44a), and a second space (203) communicates with the first space (201) and is in contact wit...