- Patent Title: Vehicular illumination system with reconfigurable display element
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Application No.: US15929325Application Date: 2020-04-27
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Publication No.: US11007978B2Publication Date: 2021-05-18
- Inventor: Darryl P. De Wind , Justin E. Sobecki , Eric S. Deuel
- Applicant: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.
- Applicant Address: US MI Holland
- Assignee: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.
- Current Assignee: MAGNA MIRRORS OF AMERICA, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Holland
- Agency: Honigman LLP
- Main IPC: B60R25/24
- IPC: B60R25/24 ; B60Q1/26 ; B60Q1/00 ; F21V5/04 ; E05B85/10 ; G07C9/00 ; B60Q1/32 ; B60R25/01 ; B60R25/20 ; E05B81/54 ; F21Y115/10

Abstract:
A vehicular illumination system includes an illumination module disposed at an exterior portion of a vehicle. The illumination module includes a reconfigurable display element and a light source operable to emit light. When the light source is operated, light emitted by the light source passes through the reconfigurable display element and the illumination module projects an icon established by the reconfigurable display element. The reconfigurable display element is reconfigurable to form the icon responsive to one of (i) a user selection of an icon and (ii) programming of the reconfigurable display element for an icon. When the light source is operated, light emitted by the light source passes through the reconfigurable display element and the illumination module projects the icon of the reconfigurable display element onto a surface exterior of the equipped vehicle.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200254972A1 VEHICULAR ILLUMINATION SYSTEM WITH RECONFIGURABLE DISPLAY ELEMENT Public/Granted day:2020-08-13
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