US Patent Issued to NICHIA on Dec. 23 for "Vehicle lamp" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,140, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).

"Vehicle lamp" was invented by Masaru Kato (Sagamihara, Japan), Hiroshi Miyairi (Yokohama, Japan) and Masayoshi Katsuno (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle lamp includes a first light source configured to emit light in a direction along a vertical direction; a first reflector having a first reflective surface that allows a portion of the light emitted from the first light source to be reflected forward; a second reflector having a pair of second reflective surfaces that allow light traveling without being reflected by the first reflective surfac...