ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,778, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to MINEBEA MITSUMI Inc. (Nagano, Japan).
"Vehicle cabin illumination device" was invented by Satoshi Kawamoto (Hiroshima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a vehicle cabin illumination device which can be inexpensively constituted with less attenuation of light intensity. The vehicle cabin illumination device is provided with a light source, and a translucent cover, wherein the cover is provided with a light-entering portion to which illumination light from the light source is irradiated, and a reflector which is formed on a surface opposite to cabin side of a vehicle and reflects ...