US Patent Issued to Voxx International, Nissan Motor on Sept. 30 for "Accent lighting systems for vehicles" (Michigan, North Carolina, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,916, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Voxx International Corp. (Hauppauge, N.Y.) and Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Accent lighting systems for vehicles" was invented by Steven Young (Westland, Mich.), Nelson Phan (Rochester Hills, Mich.), John Adams (Pinehurst, N.C.), Jason Gossiaux (Leander, Texas), Mangesh Vinayak Soman (South Lyon, Mich.), Doug Kline (Warren, Mich.) and Jonathan Grasso (Clinton Township, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An accent lighting system for a vehicle is disclosed that includes a light module and a transmitter. The light module includes a first inductive member and a diffuser that exten...