Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Signal assemblies providing uniform illumination through light source location and spacing control
- Patent Title (中): 信号组件通过光源位置和间距控制提供均匀的照明
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Application No.: US13797120Application Date: 2013-03-12
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Publication No.: US09022626B2Publication Date: 2015-05-05
- Inventor: Arun Kumar , Mahendra Somasara Dassanayake , Martin David Witte , Richard Joseph Michaels, III
- 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: Price Heneveld LLP
- Agent Raymond Coppiellie
- Main IPC: F21V21/00
- IPC: F21V21/00 ; F21V13/02 ; F21S8/10

Abstract:
A signal assembly is provided that includes a chamber defined by isotropically luminant back and side surfaces, and a front surface having a lens and a diffuser. The signal assembly also includes LED light sources having a beam angle ≧70° coupled to the back surface. The back and front surfaces are separated by a depth, and each source is located at a spacing from the other sources ≦the depth divided by a predetermined factor. The predetermined factor may be set to approximately 2.5 or 2.0 when the divergence angle of the diffuser is ≧20° or ≧30°, respectively. The signal assembly and its components can be configured to operate as a vehicular signal lamp.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140268853A1 SIGNAL ASSEMBLIES PROVIDING UNIFORM ILLUMINATION THROUGH LIGHT SOURCE LOCATION AND SPACING CONTROL Public/Granted day:2014-09-18
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