ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,237,625, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to YAZAKI Corp. (Tokyo).
"Illumination unit" was invented by Masahiro Sawayanagi (Makinohara, Japan), Takashi Wakasugi (Makinohara, Japan), Masahiro Nakamura (Makinohara, Japan), Kosuke Yamaguchi (Makinohara, Japan) and Hiroyuki Suzuki (Makinohara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An illumination unit includes: a substrate to which a first light-emitting element is mounted; a housing that holds the substrate; a case that is attached to the housing so as to cover the substrate and can output light of the first light-emitting element to the outside; and a light-blocking cover that is attached to...