ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,460, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to LEDVANCE GMBH (Garching Bei Munchen, Germany).

"Linear light engine exchange" was invented by Armin Konrad (GroBaitingen, Germany), Shijun Nie (Garching, Germany), Zhian Li (Shenzhen Guangdong, China) and Minghui Wang (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for replacing a light source of a lamp is provided. The method includes providing a lamp in which a first light engine is installed, providing a light engine module with a second light engine, and removing the first light engine from the lamp. The method further includes installing the light engine module in the lamp to repl...