ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,232,231, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to OSRAM GMBH (Munich).

"Electronic load to install in the power supply of a vehicle lamp" was invented by Peter Niedermeier (Munich) and Isabel Rupprecht (Elchingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment an electronic load for installation in a power supply of a vehicle lamp includes a first connection node connected to two first connection sections adapted to be connected between respective corresponding connection sections of a first line carrying a voltage potential, a second connection node connected to two second connection sections adapted to be connected between respectiv...