ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,462, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Valeo Vision (Bobigny, France).
"Beam shaping-collector systems and methods" was invented by Andrew Massey (Seymour, Ind.) and Brant Potter (Seymour, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention pertains to an automotive lighting system arrangement including an optical light module with a light source that produces light rays and emits light rays along the module's optical axis towards a beam clipping structural arrangement that forms a cutoff in a generated light beam; the reflective collector being arranged with a trim shield and an optional light blocker so that a portion of the...