Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Junmo Park

Darrell Paul Behmer

Craig S Metros

Melvin Betancourt

Christopher Stevens

James Grake

Bruce P Williams

Eric Stoddard

Joel Piaskowski

Arun Kumar

Stavros Melabiotis

Joshua Blundo

Mahendra Somasara Dassanayake

Albert S Ekladyous

Vehicle front lower bumper cover

A vehicle headlight includes a headlight housing including an external lens and an outer wall that define a headlight interior and a lighting element including a light-emitting diode lamp and an internal heatsink coupled to at least a portion of the lamp. The lamp is in thermal communication with the internal heatsink. The lighting element is disposed within the headlight interior and coupled to an element receptacle defined by the outer wall. The internal heatsink of the lighting element is in thermal communication with the external lens.

Vehicle light fixture having internal heatsink for LED lamp

Vehicle wheel

A vehicular LED assembly is provided that includes a plurality of vehicular LED modules, each comprising: a lens with a canted input surface and an exit surface; a bezel surrounding the lens; and an LED light source positioned to direct incident light through the input surface. The input surface comprises a plurality of near-field lens elements for shaping the incident light into a collimated light pattern emanating from the exit surface. Further, the plurality of optical elements may be configured in a step-wise pattern defined by a sweep angle.

Low profile, highly efficient vehicular LED modules and assemblies

Vehicle exterior

Vehicle rear lower bumper cover

Vehicle rear upper bumper cover

Vehicle headlight

A vehicle headlamp module is provided that includes a lens having a plurality of near-field lens elements, a canted input surface, an exit surface and a cavity between the surfaces. The headlamp module also includes an LED lighting module that directs incident light through the input and exit surfaces. The lens elements are configured to transmit from the exit surface a collimated light pattern containing at least 60% of the incident light. In some embodiments, the exit surface includes a step-wise pattern of optical elements. In other implementations, a headlamp assembly is provided that includes a plurality of vehicle headlamp modules. Each headlamp module includes: a lens with a canted input surface and an exit surface, a bezel surrounding the lens, and an LED light source that directs incident light through the input surface. The lens of each module includes a plurality of near-field lens elements.

Low profile highly efficient vehicular LED modules and headlamps

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