ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,215,837, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to LUMILEDS LLC (San Jose, Calif.).

"LED retrofit vehicle signaling lamp with projection LED light source, smartphone app for controlling it and corresponding system" was invented by Jean-Sebastien Straetmans (Aachen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An LED retrofit signaling lamp is described herein. The lamp includes a lamp body, which includes a cap, a projection part, and a burner part between the cap and the projection part. Power contacts are exposed from the cap. A projection LED light source is provided in the projection part and angled to provide a projected image near to the vehicle ...