ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,204, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Schreder S.A. (Brussels).
"Optical plate with integrated connection" was invented by Vincent Lang (Liege, Belgium), Paul Smets (Liege, Belgium) and John Witczak (Liege, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example embodiments relate to optical plates with integrated connections. One example lighting unit includes a substrate. The lighting unit also includes one or more light sources provided to a top surface of the substrate. Additionally, the lighting unit includes at least one electrical contact provided to the top surface of the substrate. Further, the lighting unit includes an optical p...