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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Arun Kumar, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Albert Ekladyous, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Mahendra Somasara Dassanayake, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Bruce Preston Williams, Grosse Pointe Park, MI (US);
Junmo Park, Northville, MI (US);
Eric Stoddard, Birmingham, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
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.