ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,621, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).
"Vehicle lamp" was invented by Kakeru Nemoto (Toyota, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle lamp that includes: a light source that emits light due to a drive current that is supplied from a light source drive circuit; and a temperature sensor that measures a temperature of the light source or surroundings of the light source, wherein the light source drive circuit reduces the drive current when the temperature that has been measured by the temperature sensor becomes equal to or greater than a control start temperature, and, in a case in which an illu...