ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,396, issued on July 1, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Track lighting system" was invented by Ties Van Bommel (Horst, Netherlands) and Robert Jacob Pet (Waalre, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A track lighting system 100, comprising a power track 110 and a LED module 130. The LED module comprises a first LED light source 140 and a first housing 150, wherein the first housing comprises a first collimator 160 having a principal axis, E, collimating the first LED light in a first direction, D1. The LED module further comprises a second LED light source 170, and a second housing 180, wherein the ...