- Patent Title: Vehicle wheel illumination assembly using photoluminescent material
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Application No.: US15079622Application Date: 2016-03-24
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Publication No.: US09963001B2Publication Date: 2018-05-08
- Inventor: Stuart C. Salter , James J. Surman , Paul Kenneth Dellock , Cornel Lewis Gardner , Ali Ammar
- 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 Jason Rogers
- Main IPC: B60Q1/26
- IPC: B60Q1/26 ; B60C23/04 ; F21K9/64 ; B60Q1/32 ; B60Q1/50 ; G08B5/36

Abstract:
A vehicle wheel illumination assembly includes a light source located on the body of a vehicle near the wheel well and oriented to direct light onto a wheel assembly having a tire. A tire pressure indicator detects tire pressure of the tire. The light source illuminates the wheel assembly with a desired color to indicate a tire pressure status based on the detected tire pressure. A photoluminescent material is located on the wheel assembly and configured to luminesce in response to excitation by the light assembly.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170274712A1 VEHICLE WHEEL ILLUMINATION ASSEMBLY USING PHOTOLUMINESCENT MATERIAL Public/Granted day:2017-09-28
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