ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,958, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Vehicle light apparatus" was invented by Vinu Thaliath (Bristol, Great Britain), Minesh Madhusudan Chaudhari (Indianapolis), Simon Baker (Basingstoke, Great Britain) and Shammika Ashan Wickramasinghe (Banbury, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The apparatus having a light fixture is provided. The apparatus can include a collimator. The collimator can be coupled with the light fixture. The collimator can adjust light produced by a light source from a first path to a second path. The apparatus can include a film. The film can conceal at least a p...