ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,093, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Illumination apparatus" was invented by Eri Takeuchi (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An illumination apparatus includes a housing, a first light source, and a first lens optical system. The housing includes an opening. The first light source includes a first emission portion to emit first light into an internal space of the housing. The first lens optical system includes at least one first lens between the first emission portion and the opening in the housing on a path of the first light. The first lens optical system forms an image of the first ligh...