ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,536, issued on April 8, was assigned to WIETSE BEHEER B.V. (Helmond, Netherlands).

"Light fitting" was invented by Wietse Van Bokhoven (Helmond, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light fitting comprises a housing (10) with at least a connection (14) for a light source (30) and with an electronic control circuit (13) which is able and configured to control and to power the light source (30). The control circuit (13) adopts during operation a reference potential from a reference point, particularly earth. The housing is connected for heat-exchanging contact to a cooling device (20) which comprises at least one channel (21, 2...