ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,970, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to NISSHA Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Lighting cover and display device" was invented by Tatsuo Ito (Kyoto, Japan) and Daichi Hama (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To enable a lighting cover disposed over a plurality of light-emitting portions to have a soft tactile sensation, the lighting cover includes a light guide member and a soft light-transmissive member. The light guide member has a plurality of isolation spaces arranged to correspond to the plurality of light-emitting portions, and guides light from the plurality of light-emitting portions. The soft light-transmissive member has...