Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Light apparatus with film layer to blend with surrounding body member
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Application No.: US15807629Application Date: 2017-11-09
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Publication No.: US10309610B2Publication Date: 2019-06-04
- Inventor: David Brian Glickman , Paul Kenneth Dellock , Stuart C. Salter , James J. Surman
- Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Current Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.
- Main IPC: F21V29/00
- IPC: F21V29/00 ; F21S43/50 ; B60Q1/34 ; F21S45/47 ; F21S43/14

Abstract:
A light apparatus, according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a light surrounded by a vehicle member, a film on a substrate layer to form a lens for the light, and a support comprising a first structure positioned behind the light and one portion of the lens and a second structure positioned behind a remaining portion of the lens. In one example, the light apparatus comprises a daytime running light and turn signal assembly. In one example, the apparatus and a method according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, configuring a control to deactivate the light such that the assembly has a same appearance as the vehicle member.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190137069A1 Light Apparatus with Film Layer to Blend with Surrounding Body Member Public/Granted day:2019-05-09
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