ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,127, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Optical assembly and rear-view mirror assembly having same" was invented by Dong Hyun Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Kwang Hyun Ko (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The optical assembly disclosed in the embodiment of the invention includes: a lighting module having a resin layer and a light emitting device inside the resin layer, and having an exit surface for emitting surface light to one side; a reflective portion having a recess in a lower portion of the exit side of the lighting module and an aspherical curved surface at the bottom o...