ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,182, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to LUMILEDS LLC (San Jose, Calif.).
"Addressable LED retrofit for vehicle light" was invented by Jean-Sebastien Straetmans (Aachen, Germany), Gennadi Tochadse (Aachen-Eilendorf, Germany), Benno Spinger (Aachen, Germany), Norbert Alois Lesch (Vaals, Netherlands) and Josef Andreas Schug (Wurselen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An LED retrofit lamp is described. The LED retrofit lamp includes LEDs arranged into at least a first group of LEDs and a second group of LEDs, power contacts, an interface and a controller. The power contacts receive electrical power to operate the LEDs. The interf...