ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,427, issued on July 8, was assigned to ZhongShan RaySense Electronics Co. Ltd. (ZhongShan, China).

"Lens for LED light source, and projection lamp with same" was invented by Gang Wang (Zhongshan, China), Ligao Xiong (Zhongshan, China) and Shaoqi Ji (Zhongshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a novel lens for an LED light source, and a projection lamp with the same. The lens includes a reflection portion and a divergence portion. A light source is refracted by the reflection portion and then projected to the divergence portion, by which a light beam is then diverged out. The divergence portion has a flat surface side ...