ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,782, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The optical assembly disclosed in the embodiment includes a housing having an inclined bottom surface, a plurality of inner surfaces around an outer periphery of the bottom surface, and a receiving space in which an upper portion is opened; and a lighting module disposed on the inclined bottom surface, wherein the lighting module includes a substrate inclinedly disposed on the inclined bottom surface; at leas...