ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,970, issued on May 13, was assigned to MagWerks Vision Inc. (Oxford, Mich.).

"Dual axis alignment for led prescription optics" was invented by Michael F. Pickholz (Oxford, Mich.) and Steven Francis Tregilgas (Oxford, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle lamp is configured to mount directly to a vehicle component. The vehicle lamp includes a substrate, a lens, a compliant skirt made of silicone extending from a front perimeter of the lens and extending to the substrate, the compliant skirt configured to gaplessly fit within a vehicle aperture in the vehicle component and to attach to the vehicle component with the substrate,...