ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,773, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to KOITO MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Lighting control apparatus" was invented by Yuichi Nakazawa (Shizuoka, Japan) and Ryosuke Utsumi (Shizuoka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting control apparatus is configured to be applied to a vehicle lamp. The lighting control apparatus includes a first switching converter, a substrate on which the first switching converter is provided, and a first cover. The first switching converter includes a switching element, a coil, and a first output capacitor and is configured to generate a first drive voltage corresponding to a first light source of t...