ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,722, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).

"Vehicle light-emitting device and vehicle lighting device" was invented by Yuya Goto (Tokushima, Japan), Koji Kajikawa (Tokushima, Japan) and Yuji Sato (Anan, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The vehicle light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element having a peak emission wavelength of 400 nm or greater and 510 nm or less, and a fluorescent member including a first phosphor excited by light emitted by the light-emitting element and emitting light having a peak emission wavelength of 480 nm or greater and 530 nm or less a second phosphor excited by the ...