US Patent Issued to Magna Mirrors of America on April 1 for "Vehicular dual mode illumination module" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,788, issued on April 1, was assigned to Magna Mirrors of America Inc. (Holland, Mich.).

"Vehicular dual mode illumination module" was invented by Gregory A. Huizen (Hudsonville, Mich.) and Eric Peterson (West Olive, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular dual mode illumination module includes mounting structure configured for mounting at a vehicle, a first light emitting diode (LED) operable to emit visible white light when electrically powered, and a second near-infrared (near-IR) LED operable to emit non-visible near-IR light when electrically powered. When the vehicle is parked and the first LED is electrically powered, ...